Traditional Saxony national costume 1843. Peasant Woman from Wenden and Altenburg. Saxony. Paysan de Wenden et Femme d’Altenbourg. Saxe. Gallery: Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world, based on… Read More
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Traditional Black Forest folk costumes
Traditional Black Forest folk costumes 1843. Man and Woman of the Black Forest. Grand Duchy of Baden. Homme et Femme de la Foret-Noire. Grand-duché de Baden. Gallery: Manners, customs and costumes of… Read More
Traditional German folk costumes from around Ulm, Baden Wurttemberg.
Men and women from around Ulm, Baden Wurttemberg (Swabia). Traditional German folk costumes in 1843. Woman and man in the Swabian Sunday costume of Ulm, on the way to the… Read More
Traditional Bavarian folk costumes 1840.
Traditional Bavarian folk costumes 1840. Man and Woman from Schliersee, Bavaria 1840. Homme et Femme du Schliersee. Bavière. Gallery: Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world, based on authentic… Read More
Fashion under the Reign of Charles IX. 1560 to 1574.
Charles IX (1550-1574) Duke of Orleans. His reign was dominated by civil wars and the infamous massacre of French Protestants on St Bartholomew’s Eve.
Traditional Sweden national costumes 1843
Traditional Sweden national costumes 1843 Man from Harntad Sweden. Woman from Wemmentrogs Sweden. Homme de Harntad-Harad. Femme de Wemmentrogs-Harndad. Scanie. Gallery: Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world,… Read More
Lady Jane Grey declining the english crown.
Jane Grey claimed in 1553 for a short time the title of Queen of England. Since then, she has been dubbed The Nine Days’ Queen or The Thirteen Days’ Queen.
Woman from Torna Hällestad, Sweden. Man from Helsinki, Finland.
Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world by Auguste Wahlen.
King Henry VI. and his court. The good duke Humphrey.
Henry VI, (1421 – 1471) was the last king of England from the house Lancaster. The house Lancaster is a side line of the House Plantagenet and an English royal dynasty.
The Romance of the Rose. The Art of courtly love.
The Romance of the Rose. The Art of courtly love. 15th century.