The REAL History of the Princess Hat
A headdress from the medieval Mongol Empire? European whimsy? Something Freudian? Maybe you've heard a pithy theory about the history of the hennin, or conical "princess hat," but I doubt you've heard the REAL history.
Today we're going to dive into some serious fact-checking, and wrap up with what I think you need to know about fashion in the Late Middle Ages.
I do my best to be accurate, but I'm an amateur history enthusiast. Any corrections and clarifications will be posted below.
00:00 Hi
00:55 General Hennin Facts
03:03 European Theory
04:13 Boqta Theory
10:32 Ottoman Theory
15:28 what is even real?
16:33 MIC DROP
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FURTHER READING/WATCHING/ETC:
For more on Mongol/European textile exchange check out Eiren L. Shae
• Book talk, Mongol Court Dress, Identity Fo...
More than Oriental Splendor: European and Ottoman Headgear 1380-1580 by Charlotte Jirousek
https://doi.org/10.1179/0361211958052...
Central Asian headwear history
http://karakalpak.com/
*Note that i’s based on a lot of Russian ethnographic work about living cultures, which is always gonna be a lil weird, and I can't attest to the general quality of this website (very out of my wheelhouse).
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FULL IMAGE LIST AND SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19...
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IMAGE ATTRIBUTIONS:
Mongol Empire Map By Ali Zifan, via wikimedia commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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MUSIC/SOUND:
"The Colonel." Zachariah Hickman (YT audio library)
"Mirror Mirror." Diamond Ortiz (YT audio library)
Brostep drop by MtHoustonDubstep, via wikimedia commons (CC BY 3.0)
"Thatched Villagers." Kevin MacLeod
"Angevin - Thatched Villagers" Kevin Macleod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4585-villag...
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
"Sneaky Business" Biz Baz Studio (YT audio library)
"Brain Trust" Wayne Jones (YT audio library)
"The Curious Kitten" Aaron Kenny (YT audio library)
Sounds from Zapsplat.com