Greetings--
<The under garments should be made of linen that hasn't been dyed. The
outer garments would have been made of wool and have been of sober hues.
Many period dyes make strong/deep colors, and these would have been
preferred. Perhaps there was something specific to the Teutonic knights
that required sober hues? The black cross on white surcote seems to have
been their "uniform."
De: I mostly was wondering about the regular male folk and not the
knights.
And I'm wondering what "sober" means. ;-)
The missing link here may be that the Teutonic Knights, like the
Templars and the Hospitallers, were a crusading Order--a religious
Order. The "uniform" mentioned earlier on was in fact part of the habit
of the Knights who were part of the Order. There were also priests who
were members of the Order, and later, "serving brothers". According to
this site - http://www.chivalricorders.org/vatican/teutonic.htm - the
main difference between the dress of the knights and the serving
brothers was that the knights wore a blue mantle and the serving
brothers a grey one, and the serving brothers used a three-armed cross.
So the whole "sober colour" thing may be indicative of the fact that
these are fighting religious under holy vows with a set habit (although
it's known that the knights in other similar orders didn't wear the
habit on all occasions, although they were supposed to do so).
Susan
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