The British nation a history / by George MWrong . ugglers, and jesters sometimes amusedthe company. Since a manor-house contained but one ortwo small sleeping apartments it could furnish but rudeaccommodation to visitors; and when at last the lord re-tired the principal guests would lie down to sleep usuallyon the rush-strewn floor of the hall, with their feet to thefire and their arms near at hand, while dependents ofhumbler rank shivered in places remoter from the centralwarmth. Of the dress of the period our knowledge is women wove beautiful linen and of it made longtunics, worn
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . ugglers, and jesters sometimes amusedthe company. Since a manor-house contained but one ortwo small sleeping apartments it could furnish but rudeaccommodation to visitors; and when at last the lord re-tired the principal guests would lie down to sleep usuallyon the rush-strewn floor of the hall, with their feet to thefire and their arms near at hand, while dependents ofhumbler rank shivered in places remoter from the centralwarmth. Of the dress of the period our knowledge is women wove beautiful linen and of it made longtunics, worn like a petticoat, over which wasthe gown, often richly embroidered, fallingto the knee. Bothmen and womenfavoured brightcolours, and worethe hair long;cropped hair wasthe sign of theslave. The ordi-nary head-dress ofa woman was a long ?^=:Acloth (the wimple), \.hwound round theneck and over thehead in the fashionof the nuns dress of modern times ; over this the wearer, when going out,drew a hood. The dress of men was simple, yet in some Gentleman and Lady, Tenth especially the mans costume. 68 THE BRITISH NATION respects more elaborate than it is now, for they wore goldand silver bracelets, chains and brooches. Their tunics,often rich in texture and colour, were caught in at thewaist by a belt, in which was carried a knife, with a sheathsometimes jewelled. Long tight-fitting stockings of somewoven material covered the legs. We do not know whatunderclothing was worn, but its texture was coarse. Thevariety of the material of dress Avas much the same as inmodern times, except that silk was rare, cotton Avas notused, and men sometimes wore clothes of leather. Shoesof this material were worn by all classes. The early English dwelling was rudely planned, andprovided but meagre comfort in the sense which modernDweUing- luxury implies. There was little to aid the houses and reposc of the body or to i)lease the eye. Fur- eir urni ure. ^jj^^^j-g was SO scanty that th
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