Episode 5: Episode Five: Late Medieval Menswear

This episode Ska gets sober and gets cozy, talking about how old tyme Western European dudes kept themselves from showing their junk off in church. Episode commissioned by adreadfulidea @ Tumblr -- commission your own at ko-fi.com/skazka!
Highlights include: rich colors; thrifty diagrams; mixing fibers; keeping warm in a colder climate; silly little hats; a depressing tangent about the disenfranchisement of marginalized persons in Renaissance Florence.

Recommended Reading:

- Ninya Mikhaila and Jane Malcolm-Davies’ The Tudor Tailor
- Janet Arnold’s Patterns Of Fashion books
- The Renaissance Tailor’s research into 16th and early 17th century tailors’ pattern-books (http://www.renaissancetailor.com/research_main.htm)
- Sexuality in Medieval Europe, Ruth Mazo Karras (for more on Bernardino of Siena, sodomy, and apparel)

SCA and reenacting resources (with all their pitfalls, these are still really handy for visualizing historical construction and silhouette — SCA/reenacting names are given in italics)
- An Overview of Men’s Clothing in Northern Italy c. 1420 – 1480 (14.4 MB), ??? | Lorenzo Petrucci (http://www.dellacivetta.org/lorenzo/handouts/)
- “Men’s Clothing in the Second Half of the 15th Century: From the Skin Out”, James Barker | James de Biblesworth (https://web.archive.org/web/20140611050330/http://historiclife.com/pdf/15thCenturyMensClothing.pdf)
- “15th-century Men’s Doublets: An Overview”, Susan D. Reed | Teleri Talgellawg (https://nachtanz.org/sdr-clothing/15th-century-mens-doublets.html)

Music: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4467-teller-of-the-tales
Teller of the Tales by Kevin MacLeod
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