. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . COSTUME IN LATER MEDIEVJL EKGLAXD. .579 father, ho was dressed in a gowne of blewe satin, full of snialeylet holes, at every hole the needle hanging by a silken threadby which it was worked. But any English example pales beforethe account of the houppelande of Charles Duke of Orleans,on the sleeves of which were worked in pearls and gold the. J:E1iR(iM, Willi !^. l.\li;i: IIKNHV \l Hail. :;27»)
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . COSTUME IN LATER MEDIEVJL EKGLAXD. .579 father, ho was dressed in a gowne of blewe satin, full of snialeylet holes, at every hole the needle hanging by a silken threadby which it was worked. But any English example pales beforethe account of the houppelande of Charles Duke of Orleans,on the sleeves of which were worked in pearls and gold the. J:E1iR(iM, Willi !^. l.\li;i: IIKNHV \l Hail. :;27»). Henry VI. words and music of a song, the lines of the music represented in Dressgold thread and the notes formed each of four pearls. In the reign ^^^ yof Henry V. there are some indications of a slight attempt to andreturn to simplicit}. The toes of the shoes for a while losetlieir long pikes: the womens head-dresses are less fanciful,if equally extravagant. But these are mere momentary aberra-tions from the normal line of development. The gallants ofthe following reign reproduce in an emphasised and exaggeratedform all the eccentricities of former generations. The long toesto the .shoes become longer than ever : the tippets or lirijiipcs 680 rilE CLOSE OF Tllh: MIDDLE AilES. Under Edward IV. ForeignInfluences. hanging from the hoods sweeji the very ground as their wearersmove along; the sleeves are more monstrous in size, or thesleeveless arniholes are so wide that the garment thus per-forated scareel} hangs togethe
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