[Ansteorra] Veiling
Coblaith Muimnech
Coblaith at sbcglobal.net
Tue Mar 3 16:10:38 PST 2009
Lady Grainne Kathleen NicPadraig MacDaniel wrote:
> Does anyone know if women in our period were known to be veiled at all
> times for religious reasons, as opposed to fashion reasons?
You can't get an accurate answer to this question. There is *nothing*
that was done everywhere, everywhen throughout Europe and across the
entire millennium that makes up the S.C.A.'s core period. (Well,
except for things like breathing.) Religion, like fashion, changes
over time and differs from place to place. Reforms make people abandon
practices they perceive as excessive, likely to distract from more
important issues, or the result of someone's misinterpretation of their
sacred texts, or adopt practices they consider pious, reflective of
deeper truths, or part of an older, purer form of worship. What was
once considered conservative becomes heretical. What was once
considered insane becomes common practice.
If you want to know whether women in the places, times, and cultures
from which you draw the clothing you wear at events wore veils, you
should be able to research that, or even to get an answer here from
someone else who's already done so. But you'll have to settle on the
details first. Do you want to know what was current among, say,
upper-class women in 13th-century Seville, or farmwives in 15th-century
Bavaria? Ask a more precise question, and it will become possible to
get an accurate answer (backed up by details, facts, and images).
Coblaith Muimnech
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