15th century clothing & culture
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Topic: 15th century clothing & culture
Posted By: Guests
Subject: 15th century clothing & culture
Date Posted: 19-Nov-2004 at 18:03
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Hello all, I'm looking for images of peasant/commoner dress in 15th century Europe. Everything I've found seems to totally ignore what the masses were wearing in favor of showing us the exceptions to the rule. Thanks in advance |
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Posted By: Cornellia
Date Posted: 19-Nov-2004 at 20:02
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You didn't say what part of Europe you were interested in and I'm afraid most of my resources lean more toward England and France but a couple of really good books on the subject are: Medieval Costume in England and France by Mary G. Houston. Comes complete with illustrations, discussions on the construction and diagrams which could be used to help create patterns if you're talented that way. Covers royalty down to peasant. A History of Costume by Carl Kohler Tudor Costume and Fashion by Herbert Norris Late in the period and you can see the switch from the more simple costumes to the elaborate Elizabethan. However, the peasant/commoner dress was very slow to change. This is a reenactor's costume website but you can get a good look at what the costumes may have looked like. http://www.historicenterprises.com/ - http://www.historicenterprises.com/
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 19-Nov-2004 at 21:10
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Thank you Cornellia! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 19-Nov-2004 at 21:21
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"Late in the period and you can see the switch from the more simple
costumes to the elaborate Elizabethan. However, the peasant/commoner
dress was very slow to change." That's what my guess was, but I was still hoping for pics. If I'm looking to approximate 15th century peasant/commoner dress, what centuries should I accept as proxy? I'm not a stickler, I just don't want any egregious errors - maybe 13th-15th? |
Posted By: Dawn
Date Posted: 20-Nov-2004 at 00:49
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Like Cornillia,most of my books deal in England and France. these two may be of help
Mary G. Houston, Medieval Costume in England and France, 1939, London: Adam and Charles Black. Stella Mary Newton, Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince, 1980, Woodbridge: Boydell Baring those there are a few web sites out there.I'll see if I can find some of my old book marks. I would look back rather than forward in time if you must take a proxy as the changes in the 16 century where great. You never said what you where looking for exactly. I remember fnding a lot of information by searching particular peicesof clothing ie; "the history of cod pieces" something like that might help. ------------- |
Posted By: vagabond
Date Posted: 20-Nov-2004 at 02:19
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A friend who is a professional theater costumer recommended some of these sites: http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html - http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME4_INDEX.HTML - http://www.costumepage.org/tcpinfo2.html - http://www.costumepage.org/tcpinfo2.html http://www.milieux.com/costume/ - http://www.milieux.com/costume/ http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/clot.htm - http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/clot.htm http://www.lyonslpgas.com/sewscape/costume.html - http://www.lyonslpgas.com/sewscape/costume.html and run a search in your fave rave search engine for Historical Medieval Costume
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 20-Nov-2004 at 08:26
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Dawn, thanks for the titles, and for the excellent advice on narrowing my searches. Vagabond, thanks for the links, I'll check them out; I've only checked the first so far, but it's excellent - I found it last night and saved every image from the late 14th to the early 16th.  |
Posted By: Dawn
Date Posted: 20-Nov-2004 at 10:28
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it wasn't much but y ou are very welcome and by the way welcome to the forum ------------- |
Posted By: Dawn
Date Posted: 20-Nov-2004 at 16:00
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I found this one lurking around at the bottom of my bookmarks might be of use http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/medievalinks.htm - http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/medievalinks.htm ------------- |
Posted By: Centrix Vigilis
Date Posted: 18-Jul-2011 at 23:13
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Caicai the spammer is caca.
And like Ray, Egon he is gone bye bye. ------------- "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" S. T. Friedman Pilger's law: 'If it's been officially denied, then it's probably true' |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 29-Aug-2011 at 20:22
Peter Brueghel specialised in painting the continental peasantry. Here is a painting of a town scene c.1550 ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Karalem
Date Posted: 30-Aug-2011 at 04:09
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In many European countries peasants were wearing no shoes, and that's up till the nineteenth century, so in the fifteen century would be no better. Mother of the philosopher Artur Schopenhauer described her journey through England and Scotland. While in England most people had shoes, in Scotland only few. |