Medieval Clothing

There certainly were other people besides knights who wore regular clothes, not just heavy metal armor and shields. Just like during any other period of time in history medieval clothing came in a variety of styles which were based mainly on class issues. Whether you dressed in coarse abrasive materials that might rub your skin raw or in delicately sewn smooth silks depended solely on how much money you had. The wealthy dressed in finery while the peasants were lucky to have anything to wear at all. They were graceful for whatever clothing they had and the material mattered not to them. What class you belonged to was the deciding factor in how you dressed.

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