FSN 302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Codpiece, Farthingale, Sumptuary Law
19 Oct 2017
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Description/history: a thickly padded, quilted fabric armour to wear under the metal armour of the day, very fitted encased the body to protect it, became popular because the knights looked. 2017-10-17: a merging of the pourpoint and the surcote, during the 14th and 15th centuries, the doublet became more padded and shorter the shoulders became wider. Over-tunic or over-coat : for men, it was originally full-length, with wide bell sleeves, usually lined with fur or dagged, as it developed, it was shortened and the sleeves were tightened slightly. It was initially quite small and insignificant: all classes of men wore codpieces. Hennin: received the greatest criticism from the. In the 15th century, populations and countries were fairly isolated in the 16th centuries, countries began to discover each other and there is cultural dissemination. 1450-1750 (300 years: claimed a huge number of victims, mostly women (somewhere between 500,000 and 9 million accounts vary, and many have disappeared altogether)
