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How Saxons dressed in the Dark Ages
This is what you might have seen an ordinary Saxon farmer and his wife wearing if you lived in Britain in the 5th & 6th centuries. Children wore simpler outfits. But How do we know?
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hair
blouse with long or short sleeves brooches
fasten glass beads over woollen dress. Metal clasps at wrists tools hanging from leather belt
leather shoes |
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floppy
hat
long hair
& woollen tunic
knife and pouch hanging from leather belt
baggy breeches wound round with 'bandages' leather shoes |