Norman fashions 11th century: Norman soldier in long chainmail hauberk stabbing a child 1, crusader knight in surcoat over a haqueton or suit of gamboised chainmail and coiffe de maille 2, and peasant in short tunic with capuchon (hood) and boots 3. Taken from manuscripts Cotton Nero , showing the Massacre of the Innocents, and Harleian 1527. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Thomas Anthony Day and Dines' Illustrations of Mediaeval Costume in England collected from manuscripts in the British Museum, Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris, Bosworth, London, 1853.

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