![]() ![]() Common labourers and villeins wore tunics and hose (breeches/stockings) made from coarse homespun cloth. Image of peasants costumes labelled Peasants clothing | Tunicsĭespite the improvements in textile technology and more materials being available from foreign lands medieval peasants clothing continued to be fairly basic. Medieval peasants clothing did improve from the early medieval period during high and late medieval periods, however medieval people were still desperately poor and their clothing reflected this status.Įven though drastic changes had occurred in the improvement of textile technology from the early medieval period, medieval peasants clothing did not keep up with these improvements and only wealthier medieval people could afford clothing made from materials such as silk. Hats were not a very common sight in the early medieval world, however in very hot countries broad brimmed straw sun hats could be worn to keep out the Sun.Ĭonical hats that had the peak flopping forward to the front were also worn, they were basic cloth type caps who’s style was taken from early Greek designs, called the “Phrygian” style in ancient Greece. Medieval peasants clothing in early medieval times was made without pockets to put things in, this led to there being a wide choice of pouches or purses being available that were usually made out of cloth or possibly leather which medieval peasants could put their small important items or precious items in such as bronze and silver coins. The brooches would usually have chains hanging down from them which medieval peasant women could attach useful items to such as keys. Medieval women would often stay at home to look after the household and run the farm while their husbands were away fighting, especially in early medieval times.ĭuring this time Medieval peasant women would make clothing for the entire family, and they invested a lot of their time spinning and weaving in the main room.Ī medieval peasant women would wear a long shift made out of wool or linen, over this they would wear a sleeveless woollen tunics, this was usually secured at the shoulder with straps or brooches. Medieval peasants also wore longer boots to protect their legs and feet in very wet and muddy conditions, some better prepared peasants were able to wear knee length boots and gaiters which would be tied to their linen trousers to keep them from flopping downwards.Īlthough Medieval peasants could wear boots or shoes it was still very common for the poorest people in medieval society to have no protection on their legs or feet. Medieval peasants usually repaired their own clothing and shoes when they were worn out, the soles of worn out shoes would often be replaced.ĭifferent materials were tried out for shoe soles during the medieval period including wooden soles that were similar to clogs. Medieval shoes of peasants were normally made of animal skin such as calfskin or goatskin, shoe laces were made from leather. Reconstructed medieval peasants shoes Medieval peasant shoes “The man wears rough clothes full of holes his wife has bare bleeding feet and the baby is wrapped in rags” – Poem by the famous medieval poet Piers Plowman. The shoes worn by medieval peasants also differed in the North and South of Europe, with Northern medieval peasants wearing more substantial footwear. The longer trousers that were worn by medieval peasants were usually tied with thongs. Medieval peasants would usually wear a tunic, short breeches or sometimes long trousers depending on the severity of the weather. Northern European peasants usually worked in damp, muddy and cold conditions on their farms and dressed accordingly. Southern European peasants wore similar but different clothes to that of their Northern European counterparts because of the different climates. The clothes that peasants wore were usually uncomfortable and dull looking as they were not dyed or treated in the same way as clothing for wealthy Medieval people.Ī basic tunic was the common working dress of the medieval peasant plowman working the fields in medieval times. ![]() Early Medieval clothing for peasants and the poorest people in medieval society was made from coarse wool, linen and hemp cloth. ![]()
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