What do medieval peasants wear?
Medieval Clothing for Nobles and Peasants Medieval clothing was more than just a way to cover yourself from the elements; it was a method of describing your station in life. It has been said that clothes make the man (or woman!) and one of the periods where this was definitely the case was the late Middle Ages, a period stretching from about 1300 to 1500 CE. The treatment that you received would reflect the clothing you wore, and medieval clothing was an important indicator of rank. Sumptuary Laws One of the concepts attached to clothing during the middle ages was the idea of sumptuary laws. These were laws that dictated what each class of people could wear. There were some colors and some fabrics that only people of a certain rank could wear and those who broke these laws could be fined and perhaps even imprisoned. The fact was, breaking these laws could be seen as a sign of status in and of itself, and as the middle class emerged, the lines between real nobility and the merchant clas
