Norman

Clothes

These fine wool or linen clothes are made from yarn which was spun, woven, dyed and sewn in the lord's castle. The braiding, edging the garments, would have been woven by girls and the ladies.

The rich lord is wearing a tunic, with a super tunic worn over the top. His cloak is fastened with a brooch.

The short hair and beard were very Norman, and so too the courtly manner!

The lady's Muslim style veil and wimple was a fashion brought back from the first of the Crusades (battles to free the Christian Holy Places in Palestine).

How do you think the lady's dress is fastened?

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