Daily Medieval

I wrote two parts about this topic previously ( Part 1  and  Part 2 ), but the research for yesterday's post on just plain hair led me ...

Let's talk about hair in the Middle Ages; not hairstyles, but hair itself. Hairstyles were important, of course, because there was cultu...

What does hair have to do with piety? Well, monks would get tonsured so that their outward appearance signified their role in society. As me...

Paul in the First Epistle to the Corinthians calls a woman's hair her "glory" and says it must be covered, because no one shou...

Hair is a fascinating resource. It is a crop that renews without any special tending, producing thread and cushioning. It can be cut, dyed, ...