Historical European clothing always confused me. So many layers! They wear like 4 dresses at once! Didn't that get hot? I'd be so sweaty! Was it inappropriate to remove some layers?
Then I realized - no, it didn't get hot. The only hot was fire. Their clothes WERE their jackets.
Conversation
Replying to
Yep. If one is interested in global warming, the term The Little Ice Age sometimes comes up. It was apparently quite cold in Europe from 1300 to 1800.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ic
1
Replying to
Interestingly a lot of this changes in the European colonies at least as far as one's summer daily/ work wear went; being covered head to toe in the right fabrics still proves to be the best protection from the sun.
history.org/history/clothi
1
2
Replying to
And a lot of layers were meant to keep the clothes away from their stinky bodies, since neither bodies nor heavy woolen clothes got washed very often.
Replying to
Don't forget that Europe and the northern hemisphere went thru a little ice age from 1300-1750, roughly. There were years without a summer during that period.
2
