Clothing of men

Merovingian period
Clovis the king wore adopted byzantine style
dress for himelf and his court after marrying
a Christian and converting to Christianity.
He wore a short tunic decorated with bands
of embroidery, but not as elaborate as
byzantine empire.
His hose was tied close to the leg with
garters
A paludamentum and a crown completed the
regalia.
The king wore his hair long following the
Frankish practice while the ret of his men
wore their hair short.
Clothing of men
Merovingian period
The Merovingian tunics ended below the
knee
They had bands of ornamentation with or
without belt
Merovingian cloaks were shaped like the
Greek chlamys,fastening over the shoulder.
Men also wore hooded caped which may
have been a later version of the Roman
paenula.
Gartered hose that spiraled the legs were
worn with boots or shoes.
 Costume components
for women the
Merovingian period
Byzantine influence remained strong in the Merovingian dynasty.
Generally women were loose fitting shawls or pallalike draperies
over tunics
Queen Arnegund’s tomb gives us a glimpse of the clothing of the
period.
There were various layers
A linen shift or chemise was closest to the body
Over this a knee length tunic of violet silk knee-length with a
jewel decorated belt
Long outer tunic of dark red silk opening at the front and closed
with richly jeweled pins.
A red silk veil was on her head
A thin leather slipper was worn with cross gartered linen
stockings
Her jewelry included earrings, brooches, silver belt ends and
buckles, a long gold pin and a signet ring that proved her identity
Jewelry mainly influenced by byzantine period-found fine
enameled necklaces and mounting of large stones.
Royal family imported silk from Byzantium
Common man would have worn linen
Cotton was not yet imported from Europe

Queen Arnegund’s clothing reconstruction

Costume components for
men Carolingian period
Changes from Merovingian to the Carolingian period were
small
Byzantine influence continues to be apparent in the clothes
of the wealthy and the powerful
Men wore tunics and mantles as primary garments
Tunics changed slightly narrowing in the upper body and
widening in the skirt
Belts were worn over the tunics which remained short
except for ceremonial occasions.
When tunics were ornamented clavi and
decorative bands were used around necklines and sleeve
edges
The shape and styled of closks did not undergo many
changes
Carolingian kings no longer wore long hair
Men cut their hair below the ears and adult men wore
beards
Footwear included boots which ended below the calves
And shoes
Costume components
of women Carolingian
period
Carolingian costume continued to show
strong byzantine influence
The under tnics included fitted sleeves
Outer tunics often had wider sleeves an
bands of ornamemntation
Cobvering their hair , women wore veils or
pallalike shawls over the tunics
Jewelry included bracelets and earrings
Clerical costumes the
early middle ages
Ecclesiastical costume for priests-liturgical
costume
Amice-a strip of line placed around the
shoulder
Alb- A long white tunic
Chausuble- An evolved form of paenula
Stole
Pallium-A narrow band of white wool worn
by pope and archbishops
Cope- avolumionous cape worn for
processions
There were monastic dresses for monks and
nuns as well