[Ansteorra] Veiling

Chelsea Durham baby_sis_83 at hotmail.com
Tue Mar 3 16:06:46 PST 2009


Soooo if I walked around an SCA event in my Elizabethan garb with a veil on I wouldn't be out of place? >.> *enamoured with veiling* *_* 

-Lady Grainne Kathleen NicPadraig MacDaniel 

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> From: sueorintx at hotmail.com
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 17:18:30 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Veiling
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> It is my understanding that in the medieval period, the only grown women who were not veiled were queens and virgins (and queens were only for very special occasions like coronations. Once a young woman was considered marriagble, she wore a veil, or kept her hair covered. This continued pretty much for all of our 'period.' One of my big peeves with movies and tv shows like the Tudors, is that the women show far too much hair. Those French Hoods should have veils and/or coifs under them. 
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> Lyneya
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> Well-behaved women Seldom make history - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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> > From: imstephw at swbell.net
> > To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:30:10 -0600
> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Veiling
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> > I may be wrong, but it is my understanding that the custom of women covering
> > their heads outside the home in general and in church in particular stems,
> > at least in part, from I Corinthians 11.
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> > http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2011&version=9;
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> > Anne Barrington
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> > > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:22:55 -0600
> > > From: Chelsea Durham <baby_sis_83 at hotmail.com>
> > > Subject: [Ansteorra] Veiling
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> > > Recently, I attended a traditional Catholic mass, and about 
> > > 90% of the women had their hair veiled. Does anyone know if 
> > > women in our period were known to be veiled at all times for 
> > > religious reasons, as opposed to fashion reasons? I've become 
> > > somewhat enamoured with the idea of veiling. =D 
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> > > -Lady Grainne Kathleen NicPadraig MacDaniel 
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