Monday, December 8, 2008

12/8/08 ROAR

A History of Costume
By: Rachel H. Kemper

5comments:
  • The age of the crusades saw great advances in the design of armor.
  • William the Conqueror had amply demonstrated in 1066 the importance of mailed calvary.
  • The mail suit offered vivd protection and was flexible enough to allow free movement.
  • Orental costume had a major impact on the styles worn by the masters of th Crusader kingdom in the Levant.
  • The craze for exotic and extravagant attire passed and Western costume expressed a new sense of simplicity and uniformity.

4questions:

  • How did the age of the crusades infleuence the new design in armor?
  • What did William amply demonstrate?
  • How did these mail suits become so popular?
  • What happened to the craze of exotic clothing?

3vocabulary:

  • amply:sufficiently; more than adequately; "the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions"; "they were fully (or amply) fed."
  • levant:The Levant is a geographical term historically referring to a large area in the Middle East, roughly bounded on the north by the Taurus Mountains, on the west by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by Upper Mesopotamia, and on the south by the Arabian Desert.
  • extravagant:exceeding the bounds of something; extreme; exorbitant

1overview statement:

  • The age of the Crusaders brought the invention of new armor to light it also changed the way people went fromextravagant clothing to Western type of theme.