[MR] underwear, notl underware

[Richard Mowbray]

Come on, folks. This title reads like some kind of massed produced pottery you place under things - platters under whole boars' heads, plates under potted plants , etc. It's "underwear"

 

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 From: Karen <karen_larsdatter at yahoo.com>
To: The Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] medieval underware
  
We've been chatting about this find over at the Armour Archive as well -- the surviving "undies" are apparently a bit too wide for a woman, and seem to resemble what we see in some men's undergarments of the time.

Regarding menstruation, you may want to read the Trotula (see http://amzn.to/SGmOQL for an English translation); there are also some related quotes from various medieval English health manuals at
http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=20706&start=30




Karen Larsdatter
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