The British nation a history / by George MWrong . rtedcloth, especially from Italy, and the crusaders broughtback the textures of the East. Brilliant colours and furswere worn by men much more than is now the 102 THE BRITISH NATION In the days of William Rufus, shoes witli long, pointedtoes gained an ahsurd vogue. Vunity went, as ever, toextremes. We hear of women overloaded with jewelry,of tight lacing to improve the figure, of painting the eyes,of fasting and bleeding so as to look delicate, of dyeingthe hair the fashionable yellow colour. In the twelfthcentury ladies wore the hai
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . rtedcloth, especially from Italy, and the crusaders broughtback the textures of the East. Brilliant colours and furswere worn by men much more than is now the 102 THE BRITISH NATION In the days of William Rufus, shoes witli long, pointedtoes gained an ahsurd vogue. Vunity went, as ever, toextremes. We hear of women overloaded with jewelry,of tight lacing to improve the figure, of painting the eyes,of fasting and bleeding so as to look delicate, of dyeingthe hair the fashionable yellow colour. In the twelfthcentury ladies wore the hair tied in two long plaits, butby the time of Edward I it was usually gathered up ina net. The making of arms and of armour must have beenan important industry. Most of the fighting of tlie timeswas hand to hand, and for this work the Nor-man warrior was perhaps the best equippedin Europe. Heavy plate armour belongs toa later period; the earlier warrior wore what was calledchain mail—a long tunic of leather or cloth covered with Arms
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