High Middle Ages ca. 1100-1300
The High Middle Ages usually designate the time from the 11th to the 13th centuries. Most notably, compared to the Early Middle Ages, during the the High Middle Ages the garments of the nobility had become far more conspicuous, more colorful, and form-fitting.
According to contemporary research, the most common clothing item was the “cote,” a rather simple garment worn by rich and poor, men and women alike. However, the cote’s shape and color varied, depending upon the wearer’s gender and stratum.
The garments of the poor in the High Middle Ages
The simple shape of the cote was quite popular with the lower strata and it was frequently worn by the poor. So, for instance, the Landsässische Tracht (garb worn by Landsassen; Middle High German for ’farm workers’), usually consisted of an undershirt and breeches (a kind of medieval briefs) as undergarments under a belted cote and chauces, usually with a coif (‘Bundhaube’) as headwear, topped off with a hat or a hood. Farmers and simple peasants usually wore clothes made from wool or linen, as these materials were easy to produce and inexpensive to obtain.
Clothing of the nobility in the High Middle Ages
Because clothing in the High Middle Ages was also considered a symbol of status and the nobility fancied showing off their prosperity, obtaining the most exquisite fabrics quickly became quite a sumptuous affair. Although the pattern of the cote worn by the nobility resembled that of the peasants, the garment was hardly suitable for practical labor. Noble men usually wore cotes with varying lengths (from the middle of the thighs to the middle of the calves), while women’s dresses were often long enough to draggle on the floor. Additionally the rich attempted to use (and thus show off) as much fabric as possible and therefore pleated it vertically. As a result, the motif of the pleated garment was quite popular in the visual arts of that time.
Dyed fabrics were, due to the rarity of dyes, quite expensive, which is why the colorful garb of the nobility stood out from the untreated farbics worn by the lower strata.
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Wolltunika Lodin - Rot
59,90 € -
Wolltunika Lodin - Grün
59,90 € -
Wolltunika Lodin - Grau
59,90 € -
Wolltunika Lodin - Dunkelgrau
59,90 € -
Wolltunika Lodin - Braun
59,90 € -
Wolltunika Lodin - Blau
59,90 € -
Viborghemd Olaf - Natur
50,34 € -
Untertunika Leif - Schwarz
34,90 € -
Untertunika Leif - Natur
34,90 € -
Untertunika Leif - Hanf
34,90 € -
Untertunika Leif - Blau
34,90 € -
Unterkleid Feme - Natur
49,90 € -
Unterkleid Feme - Dunkelblau
49,90 € -
Unterkleid Feme - Bordeaux
49,90 € -
Tunika Ekwin - Schwarz
45,90 € -
Tunika Ekwin - Rot
45,90 € -
Tunika Ekwin - Braun
45,90 € -
Surcot Leonora - Dark Blue
49,90 € -
Surcot Ivrea - Wool Camel
59,90 € -
Skjoldehamn Gugel Knud Fischgrät - Schwarz/Grau
34,90 € -
Skjoldehamn Gugel Knud Fischgrät - Oliv/Grau
34,90 € -
Skjoldehamn Gugel Knud Fischgrät - Bordeaux/Grau
34,90 € -
Skjoldehamn Gugel Bjorn Wolle - Herbstgrün
25,13 € -
Skjoldehamn Gugel Bjorn Wolle - Grau
25,13 € -
Skjoldehamn Gugel Bjorn Wolle - Braun
25,13 € -
Rundfibelset Ingwaz
25,13 € -
Overdress Verena - Seaweed
64,90 € -
Overdress Loretta - Burgundy / Woad Blue
69,90 € -
Langtunika Everard - Wolle Schwarz
79,90 € -
Langtunika Arnaud - Natur
41,93 € -
Langtunika Arnaud - Grau
41,93 € -
Lange Untertunika Bernard - Natur
44,90 € -
Halblange Untertunika Gilbert - Natur
44,90 € -
Fibel Adil Groß
11,90 € -
Dress Agnes - Dark Blue / Woad Blue
74,90 € -
Bundhaube Wolfram - Oliv
25,13 € -
Bundhaube Wolfram - Camel
25,13 € -
Bruche Gisbert - Natur
29,90 € -
Bonnet Helga - Natural
16,90 € -
Bonnet Helga - Hemp
16,90 € -
Bonnet Helga - Burgundy
16,90 € -
Bonnet Helga - Black
16,90 € -
Bonnet Emma - Natural
18,90 € -
Bonnet Emma - Burgundy
18,90 € -
Bonnet Dagmar - Natural
17,90 € -
Bonnet Dagmar - Burgundy / Woad Blue
17,90 € -
Bonnet Dagmar - Black / Natural
17,90 € -
Belt Sieglinde - Woad Blue
14,90 € -
Belt Sieglinde - Spring Green
14,90 € -
Belt Sieglinde - Seaweed
14,90 € -
Belt Sieglinde - Ice Blue
14,90 € -
Belt Sieglinde - Hemp
14,90 € -
Belt Sieglinde - Burgundy
14,90 € -
Belt Sieglinde - Brown
14,90 € -
Belt Sieglinde - Blue
14,90 € -
Belt Sieglinde - Black
14,90 € -
Belt Hedwig - Woad Blue
12,90 € -
Belt Hedwig - Spring Green
12,90 €Nicht auf Lager
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Belt Hedwig - Seaweed
12,90 €Nicht auf Lager
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Belt Hedwig - Natural
12,90 €