Norman clothing

By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com After the fall of the Roman Empire Britain went into the period known as the Dark Ages and the next area of costume is of the Saxon and Frankish fashion era 500 to 599 AD. This page is one of illustrations only and further below these small illustrations are …

The Normans, from the Old Norse for ‘north men,' were the descendants of indigenous Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders called Vikings, who

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