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Clothing in the Middle Ages was a symbol of individual and social distinction. ... A person could have been easily recognized as a peasant, a furrier, a merchant, a noble, or even royalty by the clothing the person was wearing. The difference between a poor person’s clothing and a rich person’s clothing was that the poor person’s clothing was an item of utility and the rich person’s clothing was a work of art.
Peasants and serf (slaves) wore homemade clothing of a course cloth, such as wool or in later times linen. ... There was little distinction between male and female clothing. ... Impressive amounts were spent on clothing. A young man spent 1,000 lire on three clothing items, a price of four to five years’ wages for a good mason. Because of this cost of clothing, garments were seldom replaced and were often handed down to several generations in the wearer’s will.
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