The Black Prince. Member of the French-born ruling dynasty Anjou-Plantagenêt which stood from 1154 to 1399 in direct line and until 1485 in the side lines Lancaster and York the… Read More
The Black Prince. Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales.
Category: Europe
Fashion and Costume History of Europe.
A Lapp boy. Norway costume in 1896.
A Lapp boy. Norway 1896.
William Longespée, 1st Earl of Salisbury.
William Longespée, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1167-1226, also William I Longespée or Lungespée). MUCH of romantic interest is attached to the name of Longuespee. The first of the name, who… Read More
Head-dresses at the beginning of the 16th century
Head-dresses of the ladies of the 15th century. Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages by Henry Shaw
Knights in combat. The warlike machines. England 13th century.
The warlike machines. Our wood-cuts represent some of the instruments used, during the middle ages, in carrying on sieges.
Richard II. King of England 1377 to 1399.
King Richard II. 1367-1400. Richard II (Richard Plantagenet, also known as Richard of Bordeaux 1367-1400), King of England from 1377 to 1399. PERHAPS no monarch under the same circumstances ever enjoyed… Read More
King and Knight. Dresses of ceremony.
King and Knight. England 12th century. DRESSES of ceremony for solemn occasions, particularly with persons in exalted stations, suffer fewer changes in the course of time, than those in common use.… Read More
Hardanger costume. Norway 1896
Hardanger costume. Norway 1896.
Two ladies of Siena on the harp and organ. Italy 13th century.
COSTUME, in the west of Europe, during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, was not strikingly characteristic of difference of countries. When, however, we pass to the south, and enter the warm clime and free states of Italy, we find the dresses of all classes have an entirely different character.
Mower maid 1896. A Norwegian “Maud Müller”.
A Mower maid from Norway 1896. Norwegian “Maud Müller”.
