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 factchecking, 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, Identi...  

More than Oriental Splendor: European and Ottoman Headgear 13801580 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 BYSA 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/4585villag...
License: https://filmmusic.io/standardlicense
"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