1.Clothing in the Middle Age
Clothing was very important in the Middle Ages!
2. Middle Ages
Middle Ages are a thousand-year period that followed the fall of Rome.
2. Clothing
Clothing is a covering.
3.Women
The women wore flowing gowns with elaborate headwear, ranging from headdresses shaped like hearts or butterflies to tall steeple caps and Italian turbans.
3.Men
The men in the wealthy classes sported hose and a jacket, sometimes with a pleating or skirting, or a tunic with a surcoat.
4. Statement 1
St. Benedict stated that a monk's clothes should be plain but comfortable and they were allowed to wear linen coifs to keep their heads warm. The Poor Clare Sisters, an order of Franciscan nuns, had to petition the Pope in order to be permitted to wear woolen socks. (Learner.org)
4. Statement 2
Most of the holy orders wore long woolen habits in emulation of Roman clothing.