Anglo-Saxon labourer and farmers, 8th century. Laborer (or slave) in simple tunica without a belt (Harley Psalter MS 603), a farmer (or free man) in tunica and Phrygian hat (Hexateuch, Cotton MS Claudius B iv) and a high-rank farmer in knee-length tunica and leggings (Bodleian MS Junius xi). Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

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