Each piece had designated colours and fabrics, for example “Materials used in the middle ages were woolen cloth, fur, linen, cambric, silk, and the cloth of silver or gold…the richer Middle Age women would wear more expensive materials such as silk, or linen”.

Medieval Nobles and Upper classes wore clothing made of velvets, furs, silks, lace, cottons and taffeta. Knights returning from the Crusades returned with silks and cottons from the Middle East. Velvets were imported from Italy. The materials worn by the Nobility came in a variety of different colors.

Women’s clothing consisted of an undertunic called a chemise, chainse or smock. This was usually made of linen. Over the chemise, women wore one or more ankle-to-floor length tunics (also called gowns or kirtles).

Lords clothing consisted of breeches, stockings, shoes, a coat, a surcoat, a head dress and for some a large belt made of gold. The stockings and the breeches both had the same colour and material.

Like monarchs, lords and ladies were members of the nobility, the highest-ranking class in medieval society. Most of them lived on manors. Some lords had one manor, while others had several.

Rosalie’s Medieval Woman – Crowns and Circlets. Royal crowns during the early medieval period were breathtaking affairs of gold and jewels. Crowns and coronets weren’t particularly restricted to royalty at this time, with noble ladies wearing coronets or mini-crowns as part of their formal dress.

Knights were medieval gentleman-soldiers, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire. The knight was given a sword, a pay raise and, frequently, a plot of land. Most knights were required to be at least 21 years old.

Nope. Princes and princesses don’t wear crowns in Westeros (the Ruling Prince(ss) of Dorne possibly being an exception if he/she wears crowns). Crowns are restricted to monarchs and their consorts.

Role of Serfs in the Feudal System In the feudal system, serfs were at the bottom of the social order. As feudalism follows a hierarchical form, there were more serfs than any other role. Above serfs were peasants, who shared similar responsibilities and reported to the vassal.

Plowing and harvesting were backbreaking toil, but the peasant enjoyed anywhere from eight weeks to half the year off. …

WHAT DID SERFS DO IN THEIR (LIMITED) FREE TIME? Peasants usually spent most of their time working, but even they could enjoy some luxuries. They could participate in church festivals, join a marriage or funeral procession, watch and listen to travelling poets, musicians, acrobats and dancers.