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From about the late 12th century, knights wore long, flowing surcoats. From the early to mid 13th century, these were frequently emblazoned with their personal arms, over their armour. These usually extended to about mid-calf, had slits in the bottom front and back, allowing the wearer to ride comfortably, and were either sleeved or sleeveless.
A stereotypical knight's helm from the Crusader period. Cervelliere: Late 12th: Steel skull cap worn as a helm or underneath a great helm. Sometimes worn under rather than over the coif. Bascinet: Early 14th to early or mid 15th: Originally worn underneath a great helm and had no visor but did develop nasals to protect the nose.
The Emperor and the countess wear robes and mantles trimmed with bands of gold embroidery. The countess wears a linen veil draped over her hair. Twelfth century European fashion was simple in cut and differed only in details from the clothing of the preceding centuries , starting to become tighter and more similar for men and women as the ...
Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500–1914, Abrams, 1996. ISBN 0-8109-6317-5. Ashelford, Jane. The Visual History of Costume: The Sixteenth Century. 1983 edition (ISBN 0-89676-076-6), 1994 reprint (ISBN 0-7134-6828-9). Edge, David: Arms and Armor of Medieval Knights: An Illustrated History of Weaponry in the Middle Ages.
Clothes were very expensive, and both men and women were divided into social classes by regulating the colors and styles that various ranks were permitted to wear. In the early Middle Ages, clothing was typically simple and, particularly in the case of lower-class peoples, served only basic utilitarian functions such as modesty and protection ...
Musicians wear two long tunics, one over the other. The tunic on the left is an early example of mi-parti or particolored clothing, made from two fabrics. Cantigas de Santa Maria, mid-13th century, Spain. Pan-pipe players wear tunics with hanging sleeves over long-sleeved undertunics. Both wear coifs. Cantigas de Santa Maria, mid-13th century ...
Waffenrock was derived from the substantive wâfenroc or wâpenroc ("weapon tunic") of knights. It was often made from expensive silk cloth. The colors of this cloth corresponded to those on the shield quartering. In the spirit of this, the heraldic figures on the coat of arms were frequently designed with gold and silver embroidery.
Chaucer refers to both hauberks and haubergeons in The Canterbury Tales, [21] in The Knight's Tale he describes: "Gold-hewen helmes, hauberkes, cote-armures". [21] In this classic Arthurian text, Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, knights wear hauberks when they go into battle: "Balyn hyt hym thorugh the sheld / and the hauberk perysshed ...