10th century clothing. Medieval, Carolingian, Byzantine. Subscribe to 10th century clothing – Costume History
The Anglo-Saxon fashion history. The dress of the Anglo-Saxons was simple and uniform in its character, differing only by the richness of the material or by the greater profusion of ornament.
Monastic habit of spiritual orders from Poland, Germany and Flanders from the 10th to the 18th century.
Gallic fabrics and embroideries. Gaul Plate 8. Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes (Smithsonian).
The Cathedral of Chartres, founded in the earliest times of Christianity in the west, is remarkable for the many misfortunes it has sustained.
CROSS FROM MOUNT ATHOS. BEFORE the Christian era, Mount Athos was celebrated for the length of its shadow (ingenti tellurem proximus umbra vestit. Stat.), which was said to reach as… Read More
The Norman Period. Medieval fashion and costume history of England 1066-1154. William the Conqueror, William II., Henry I., Stephen.
The Saxons commenced their conquests during the fifth century, but it was not until the year 720 that the earliest MS. preserved to us saw the light.
Armed infantry warrior in brigandine. France 10th century. Guerrier arme de la Brigantine. X° Siècle. Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes (Smithsonian).
At the end of the tenth century the Varangian Guard, an Imperial bodyguard, were a conspicuous, picturesque, and useful adjunct to the Byzantine Court.
L’histoire du costume féminin français. Les modes du Moyen Age, de l’an 1037 à l’an 1461. Robes. Cotte hardie, Houppelande avec chaperon, Femme élégante sous Charles VIII, Pelicon, Renaud de Saint Vincent,
