Influences on Medieval Clothing

When the Romans ruled Europe, she organized and well-maintained roads. After the Roman Empire fell, most of these benefits and the different cultures and acted groups fought for supremacy. During the first part of the medieval period, roughly 400 to 900, the people around, especially in Northern Europe as different tribes and groups migrated, invaded, conquered and re-conquered the country. The extensive and roads of the Romans disappeared in most parts of Europe. As a result of the constant inflow and outflow of goods from other regions disappeared. For the first part of the medieval period, the Europeans have their clothes with the goods they are on the hand, usually made of wool, linen and hemp. Nobles, of course, wore fine clothes as the farmers. With a little outside the influx of ideas, materials and prosperity, clothing style, not much change.

First, organized governments, nodes of the style and the wealth to buy finer materials. Secondly, the Crusades began in the years 1000, regarding the introduction of the east-clothing materials and styles in Europe. Third, the guilds have been specialized in weaving cloth and matching clothes. Because of the guilds, the employees with specific skills related to clothing. New materials and styles available. With the influx of new clothing styles, ideas, materials and wealth, fashion for the sake of appearance and the status has been very fast. Clothing for the nobles and wealthy merchants changed the most, while the peasants clothing remained broadly stable, but a better quality available.