A doctor of rights. Women’s costumes. A princely gathering. At that time, people looked less at wealth than at the number of costumes.
A princely gathering. Middle Ages France 14th and 15th century.
Category: 14th Century
Fashion and Costumes during the 14th century.
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History Hardcover – Illustrated, November 4, 2015
by Françoise Tétart-Vittu (Author)
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Auguste Racinet. The Costume History Hardcover – Illustrated, November 4, 2015
by Françoise Tétart-Vittu (Author)
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style.
War costumes in the Middle Ages. Flags, banners, standards.
War costumes of the Middle ages. France 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. Weapons from the 12th to 15th centuries. Armor, weapons, flags, banners, standards.
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Costumes of the spiritual orders. 10th to 18th century.
Monastic habit of spiritual orders from Poland, Germany and Flanders from the 10th to the 18th century.
The Garter. Orders of Knighthood.
A KNIGHT OF THE GARTER.
The Society of La Calza. Venice 14th century. Compagnia della Calza.
The Society of La Calza was an association of young Venetian noblemen and a few strangers of high rank. The “compagne” distinguished by some particular name, such as Immortali, Semprevivi, Perpetui, Eterni Pavoni, Ortolani, Giardinieri, Felici, etc.
Musicians of the time of Edward III. England 14th century.
The plate which we give represents a group of simple musicians of the time of Edward III, and the singularity of their costume proves that a taste for the grotesque in dress had already made sensible progress at this period.
Anne Dauphine of Auvergne in armorial robe.
Anne Dauphine of Auvergne
EDWARD III, King of England and Wales. Anjou Plantagenet dynasty.
Edward III. from the Anjou Plantagenet dynasty, is considered one of the most important English rulers of the Medieval times.
Courtiers of the time of Richard II. Anjou-Plantagenêt ruling dynasty.
ABOVE all other periods in the history of England, that of the weak Richard II. was remarkable for the variety and gaiety of its fashions. The satirists and reformers of the day were zealous and loud in their outcries against the extravagance of the higher classes.
Geoffrey Chaucer. English writer and poet.
DAN Chaucer, as he is termed by some of our older writers, is the popular representative of the earlier period of English poetry; indeed he may be considered The Poet, par excellence, of the English Middle Ages.
