But Danielle, I was under the impression with reading and the History Channel, that during the Medieval and Renaissance periods Europe was going through what historians/scientists considered a "mini Ice Age". Plus, my finace' who was stationed in Europe has mentioned that when he was involved with Ren faires and the like that the castles were quite chilly.
Since, I am a newbie when it comes to period underwear. What did women do during their monthly cycles? And why was it more common for men to wear underwear and not women? I betcha I'm going to be quite embarassed by the obvious reasons. :-) Roscelin > Danielle Nunn-Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >Greetings! > > > >Welcome to the 16th century, a fun and exciting place. <G> Drawers > >arrived in England during Elizabeth's reign but were considered > >novelties and "foreign." They weren't adopted as regular wear until > >later. I've lived in England (as well as Canada and the US) and didn't > >find it that cold at all, so I think it is all a matter of perspective. > >Certainly once you have all the correct layers on, drawers aren't going > >to make much difference except for possibly during activities like > >horseback riding. However, having seen 16th century sidesaddles > >(rather odd looking contraptions - one was round and perfectly flat > >with a peg sticking up for the leg to hook over) even then the drawers > >would be rather immaterial. > > > >Cheers, > >Danielle > > > >At 11:53 PM 1/8/2006, you wrote: > >>Um, I have a rank newbie question. I was always told that ladies didn't > >>wear > >>drawers in this period. Is that a myth, or a regional thing, possibly? I > >>usually do English. > >> > >>And I've always suspected that it couldn't be true. I've BEEN to England. > >>It > >>gets COLD there. > >> > >>Thanks for your forbearance, > >>Tea Rose > > > >_______________________________________________ > >h-costume mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > -- > Jean Waddie > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
