[Regia-NA] Fritton Dateline

[Tate William T Jr TSgt 352 OSS/SCSC]

Sir, as ever, you are a font of knowledge.  

You never know, I might just appear in one...Dave Cartmel has been known to
wear one around the Lith wic.  The sarcastic part of me asks, if women can
dress as men, why can't men dress as women?  :o)  But actually it is because
I am getting up kit for my daughter who will finally get to be attend a
show.

Bill





WILLIAM T. TATE, JR., TSgt, USAF
Security Manager
352 OSS/SCSC
DSN 238-4827 (non-secure)
"France's position will change if Iraq uses chemical or biological weapons."
Jean-David Levitte, French ambassador.
They'll drop their hands from overhead, fall to the ground and curl into a
fetal position.


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Etheridge [mailto:seibhyrt@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:15 AM
To: list-regia-na@lig.net
Subject: RE: [Regia-NA] Fritton Dateline


>From: Tate William>
>Serious question: so are hangerocs out of fashion by this time? [1066]
>

Damn good question.  The received wisdom is yes, as the oval brooches that 
are used as indicators of them dry up in the archeological record.  They are

getting rarer at the start of Regia's period in Scandanavia, and were not 
common in Britain.  (IIRC there were only 3 found in England, one in a male 
grave.  More in Scotland and Ireland, of course.)

One problem with this is that the introduction of Christianity there is a 
drop in finds due to grave deposition.  Thus it is impossible to say 
definitly wether there was a change in style in womens clothing that came in

with new ideas for the continent.

So all told, I would say no - that for Norfolk in 1066 there would have been

no hangerocks present.  The question is one of context - what would a woman 
from Scandanavia have been doing in Norfolk in 1066?  I know that the area 
had strong ties to scandanavia, but I just don't think that such an 
old-fashioned garment would be in use.

Why do you ask, Bill?  Are we going to see you in one ;-)

Steve

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