The medieval era in England spanned a very long period of time and arguably is considered to have begun around the time of the fall of the Roman Empire, approximately AD 410 through to the beginning of the Renaissance in about the year 1485. Throughout this lengthy period spanning centuries, medieval clothing would very much depend on your social status, class background and location and there were huge varieties within these.
Naturally the wealthier classes would have garments made from fine fabrics, perhaps silk or fine linen whereas the lower classes and working class may have been found wearing more easily accessible and less expensive fabrics and materials such as a coarse linen or wool. Wool could vary in texture and quality depending on the type of sheep that it was coming from. For example, for the lower classes’ wool could be coarse and undyed whereas for the rich the wool could be fine wool dyed and weaved into a variety of designs. For the wealthy, silk was very popular and at that time would have been imported from Asia. For the middle classes, they would have enough money to be able to dye their wool certain colours such as blue or green whereas the wealthier would be able to afford to dye their clothes red or black which were considered expensive colours and a symbol of their status. Purple was considered such an expensive colour that it was used only for royalty or very prominent religious figures.
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