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[drydem]

one of the weird things about time travel movie things is the ease with which people obtain clothes in medieval periods, generally peasant clothes. This ease is problematic given the history of clothing in Europe. In Europe, especially pre-Renaissance, there was not an extensive clothing market, especially for peasants. Clothing was either produced on demand by tailors for the rich or at home by peasants for themselves/their families. Your average peasant was likely to own maybe two sets of clothes, wearing the same thing every day, with maybe a cloak(aka a thick piece of cloth) for colder weather. So, where are these fictional time travelers getting their clothing? They can't get it at a store, because there are no clothing stores. Stealing it from a peasant involves catching them naked at some point, which is rare, or beating them up and taking their clothes. It may be a minor thing to nitpick, but it's an anachronism.

Comments

[selenya.livejournal.com]

That's why, if I ever go back to the past, I'll make sure to kill some poor peasant and take the clothes off of her back.

Lice and all.

Yuck.

lice-B-gone

[songquake.livejournal.com]

that's why ya boil 'em!

Re: lice-B-gone

[spooksix.livejournal.com]

is that where we learned to boil rice?