What fabrics did the Merovingians use in the 5th and 6th centuries?

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The Merovingian textiles available in the 5th and 6th centuries were rich and varied. Wools, silk, and linen were the main fibers. This discussion of historical clothing and textiles covers dyes, fibers, and weave structures.
Chapter
00:00 Introduction
What is Merovingian?
Textiles in early medieval society
What did Merovingian women wear?
Fiber used in Merovingian textiles
Dyes used in Merovingian textiles
Weave structures
What did a Merovingian Queen wear in the early medieval period?
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@censusgary 29 күн бұрын

I’ve noticed that in medieval stories, wealth is sometimes indicated by gold, ivory, and jewels, but more often by luxurious fabrics. Much like us, I suppose, our ancestors dreamed of having high-status clothes and house furnishings.

@maureengauvin1768 27 күн бұрын

Most definitely; all textile making was labor intensive period. Just to hand drop spin - on a whorl - enough ‘yarn’ to weave into cloth to even clothe the typical family of BASIC peasant clothing used up every available hour in the day by the females (predominately, though children & some men did help out) in the household. And next comes the actual weaving & clothing construction sewing. This of course in addition to field work, gardening, cooking & cleaning. So, naturally, only the wealthy could afford the luxury of silk & an entire team of slaves etc to prep, spin, dye & weave the fiber into garments, trim, furnishings.

@censusgary 27 күн бұрын

@@maureengauvin1768Relative to people’s incomes and general wealth, both the cost of materials (wool, linen, silk, etc.) and the amount of labor required were much greater than they are now. In our lifetime, clothing is the cheapest, adjusted for inflation and so forth, that it has ever been in human history. I’m a fairly poor person, yet if I wanted to, I could buy new clothes (although the cheapest available), wear them once, and throw them away when they get dirty or torn (instead of cleaning or mending them). That was unthinkable even in my parents’ generation, for all but the richest people. Until the last few centuries, most people didn’t have more than one set of clothes, or two at the most, which they wore every day of the year. So even wearing different outfits for different occasions was a display of wealth. Even in the 18th century, the religious leader John Wesley defined being wealthy as owning two coats instead of one.

@marlenaamalfitano2727 29 күн бұрын

This is so interesting. Much later, my several greats grandparents were weavers on the post revolutionary out posts of what became New York. State in the US. Later, in the early 20th century, my. Husband's grandparents fro Italy were silk weavers. I have some materials from both, as well as linen they wove

@maureengauvin1768 27 күн бұрын

Wow - how fortunate you are to have those heirlooms in your possession! A real bridge to the past. 🧡🙏🏻

@maureengauvin1768 27 күн бұрын

Loved this info! Wish I ‘d done a couple of years of Graduate study drilling down into Textiles of the Medieval Period. Thanks for adding to my ‘continuing’ education. I am now a 70 year old Fiberholic and in retirement still exploring all things fiber & textile. 🧡🙏🏻

@kathleenstoin671 Ай бұрын

In Exodus 28:39 in the Bible, there is a description of the fabric used in the priest's garments. Many translations use the term "checker work, or checkered," for the fine linen used in the fabric, which seems to indicate that in ancient times, people were using different weaving techniques. This was a very interesting video. Thank you for producing it!

@DragonriderEpona Жыл бұрын

This video is a blessing of the KZfaq algorithm. I'm a history student myself and do study medieval clothing in my spare time. (Also interested in the Alamanni, so same time periode). I really appreciate the added pictues and video clips that one does not always find in papers. It adds a lot to the obtained knowledge. And it makes it more approachable. And I'm really thankful for adding a literature list and including the links. (So much more ti read now ~✨️) I hope more peole will find this video, as it is very well researched and presented. And I also really appreciate that you mentioned that the middle ages were very colourful. One of my professors always needs to say in his lectures for the first semster students that they must forget the image of "the dark ages" because so many people still believe that 😅

@elainelear4982 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Thank you for all the information.

@janetchennault4385 4 ай бұрын

I have found that I can often get a nice green dye by using a normal 'yellow' dye plant source, but mordanting with copper instead of alum.

@paulinemegson8519 Жыл бұрын

Ok so obviously my range of interests completely befuddles the great algorithm because mostly I get the same stuff in my feed over and over…..and over, and over…. But, every now and then a gem like this pops up. The last one was a wonderful video on recreating Minoan clothing……yes!! This was great. I love learning about ancient textiles, their creation and the roles of women in the development of textile production.

@MistressQueenBee Ай бұрын

Wow. Just wow. Had no idea how much work went into all these types of fabrics.

@ladyjusticesusan Жыл бұрын

Your knowledge is commendable and I appreciate you very much for sharing it. I’ve traced my genealogy back to 1280 Belgium (well, more properly Ghent, and a few other nearby areas, Flanders), so I merely make the guess that some of my ancestors lived in this area during your time frame too. The greatest thing I found was in 1360 an ancestor is documented as a cloth merchant in Ghent. So I take that to mean that my lifetime (50+ years) of sewing and love of fabrics must be genetic. Or at least to explain my fabric stash that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. So far my garb has been based on various personas from 1300 to 1480s but now I feel comfortable creating something much earlier, thanks to you doing the research for me and showing wonderful examples and explanations in your videos, which I truly appreciate. Thank you for what you do. I’m so happy to have found your videos and can’t wait to see what you do next. Thank you.

@user-bl6vb3vk5q 2 ай бұрын

Belgium was ghent

@3elvenrings Жыл бұрын

Exactly the kind of information I love to find as I begin my deep dive into all things Merovingian (NOT including The Matrix). Thank you!

@kimberlyperrotis8962 23 күн бұрын

Medieval women’s clothing, especially in the earlier period, looks so warm and comfortable. One of these days I’m going to make myself a few similar ankle-length, long-sleeved, loose/straightish cut, wool dresses and silk shifts to wear under them at home on cold winter days. Now I wear ready-made wool or cashmere knit dresses, the longest I can find, with silk long johns for this purpose, I’ve never found a silk shift for sale. A long-sleeve silk knit dress would also do very well for this, but they’re hard to find. I can only wear natural fibers and prefer dresses over trousers, all year round. I don’t want to use a lot of energy, people will need it more in the future, so I only use heat if it’s under 60F indoors (except to shower), and it gets chilly.❤

@1aliveandwell Жыл бұрын

Recall reading about energized yarns, singles woven to cause it to gather into pleats depending on how it was spin and woven (In Handwoven and Spin-Off magazines).

@LynnaeaEmber Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I would like to see more videos about fabric and dress from history. I was introduced to weaving when I was at university working on my fine arts degree in painting. We had to take a number of classes in other arts, so I chose fibers for one of them. Weaving was something I didn't become good at but I developed a respect towards hand weavers down through the ages. Please keep these videos coming. Maybe they will inspire me to try weaving again.

@dianasmith8166 Жыл бұрын

This was a very enjoyable subject! Loved every minute.

@suviasletters 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@leisongivangomo4478 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video! 👏 Love the broken diamond twill! The colour was also exquisite 😃

@MindYourBusinesses Ай бұрын

😊Informative, helpful, and useful.

@hkeeler8813 Жыл бұрын

Allot of content. So strange i have not heard of The Merovingian people before. I'm 57 I have spent most of my life knitting and sewing of various techniques. Also quite a collection of books,magazines and patterns. Much of it from my mum. Even at school these people were not mentioned. Thankyou for this interesting video. We never stop learning. Off to find out more. X

@flickslandan8262 24 күн бұрын

They are not a people, it's a time period of the Franks ( modern France, Germany and BeNeLux).

@MijnWolden Жыл бұрын

Really interesting and concise!

@irisuhde7635 Ай бұрын

It is very interessting,and your englisch ist easy to understand for a german.Thanks. 😊

@DorotheaEggers 3 күн бұрын

Just found your channel. Not my usual century of interest, but great info, thank you :-) If you're still looking for wool musselin, there's a German online shop called "Tuch und Stoff" who offer it. They cater to reenactors, so maybe you'll find what you're looking for.

@catmintable Жыл бұрын

Agreed, very interesting. I am also interested to find out what weaves came out of Africa with baskets, shawls/fabrics when humans migrated over the many years. I guess that would apply to fabric sources (animal and plant) and dyes as well. Thanks for doing this video.

@suviasletters 11 ай бұрын

I don’t know much about African textiles but maybe I can find an expert and have chat in a video.

@MomShots Жыл бұрын

This video is amazing!!! I want all the info! 😂 I am reading a book called Women’s Work by Elizabeth Wayland Barber that touched on this time period and location. It’s all incredibly fascinating. Thanks for putting the effort into making this video.

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

I love that book. Thank you for the kind words.

@juliarabbitts1595 Ай бұрын

@@suviaslettersI’ve just finished this book and was driving friends nuts by telling them loads of the fascinating things I learnt; so many things now made sense.

@michaelthomas2804 Жыл бұрын

This was really intersting!

@jeannegreeneyes1319 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video, thank you! Happy to subscribe 😊

@kimberlyperrotis8962 23 күн бұрын

So glad I got this video in my stream, subscribed! My two interests are history, especially Bronze Age to Late Medieval European history, and fashion/clothing these days, now that I’m retired from working as a geologist, my first love. You do say textiles funny, though - as textels, not textiles.

@suviasletters 23 күн бұрын

Accents and linguistics are fun. :)

@linr8260 Жыл бұрын

This was fascinating, thank you so much!

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@VeretenoVids Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! I'm just getting into weaving and I'm taking a deep dive into historical fabrics. Also equally interesting to this language nerd is your pronunciation of "textile." I assume it's a regional pronunciation that' I've simply not heard and I'm curious to learn because language is also fascinating.

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

@Adl259 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the highly informative video. Such a gift!

@vulcanswork 11 ай бұрын

How interesting. I learned something new, about silk, already been known at that time.

@DebbieGring Жыл бұрын

Great video! Very interesting and informative! Nice to hear your voice again too!!

@craz4mom Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video - fabulously interesting - plz give us more - I will share this with my guild page on fb. Thank you!

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@tzz615 Ай бұрын

Very interesting!

@a.nonymous1858 Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you for this!

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@michellecranford9238 Жыл бұрын

A very enjoyable and educational video..thank you..😉

@Ikiada 6 ай бұрын

An amazing video ❤❤❤ I am watching it for the 3rd time now.

@strangeplanet8313 Жыл бұрын

Awesome work. Thank you.

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@lilianabeatriz4551 Жыл бұрын

¡Excelente! Felicitaciones. 🥀

@hazeluzzell Жыл бұрын

I have the most fabulous book on the textiles found in the Merovingian Royal graves. I visited an exhibition near Paris.

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

oh, which one? (She says hoping there is book shopping in her near future)

@hazeluzzell Жыл бұрын

@@suviasletters ‘Les Trésors Mérovingiens de la Basilique de Saint Denis’ Michel Fleury and Albert France-Lanord Editeur Gerard Klopp. It is beautifully illustrated, with English as well as French text. It is a very large book, weighing 10 kilogrammes. Well worth the effort if you can get your hands on it.

@phaleen Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, this is so interesting and informative.

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@c-kcountry-kiwi5294 Жыл бұрын

An interesting topic and very well presented. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@suviasletters 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@anieth Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to see this channel is getting more views. Did you close the other one?

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

I still have my historybounding channel @AltheaRizzo :)

@debrarodgersblackmon6860 Жыл бұрын

Granny Weatherwax? Is that you? I mean, uhm, Althea? ❤

@DebbieGring Жыл бұрын

I wonder the same thing!

@harryshafta Жыл бұрын

cool

@elizabethford7263 27 күн бұрын

How did I JUST find your channel??????

@antoniescargo1529 28 күн бұрын

The Merovingen were a dynasty of Frankisch kings. They spoke the ancestor of my own language. Scholars discovered a sentence in a manuscript :'Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hinase ik ande thu. All birds started making nests except you and me. You can look it up. The second dynasty was the Karolingen (Charlemagne, Karel Martel etc.)

@kimberlyperrotis8962 23 күн бұрын

What is “stell urine”? I would love it if you could expand upon the topics of textile bleaching, prior to modern chemicals, and the history of fabric ironing/pressing. I haven’t been able to find out much on these. It seems to me from Egyptian art that the linen garments for the elite were subject to some kind of pressing process to get those sharp pleats we see in them. Perhaps they were just dampened, folded and pressed in a machine similar to a grape or olive press? I know Archimedes invented the screw, but I don’t know when it was first used in fruit presses. Thanks for any information you can provide.

@suviasletters 23 күн бұрын

I am not near my sources so this is just from memory. To bleach using urine, you get everyone to either pee in the same pot or collect the pee from folx. You let it sit until it changes into ammonia. Ammonia can be used as a bleach. Linen was often polished with a smooth stone. Pressing boards have been found with glass smoothers in Norse graves.

@999Giustina Жыл бұрын

Would like to see a list of references and credits. Not being able to look at what you are using as references leads me to wonder.

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reminder to add this information to the description. Will post this week.

@sheilam4964 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍

@EsmereldaPea 10 ай бұрын

"There was no online drunken late night fabric shopping." ARE YOU SPYING ON ME??

@catrinblack8097 Жыл бұрын

That is a nice and clear presentation. I just want to add that the fabrics that you say the elite had were not for the elite but those who cared for nature, the woods and the animals, water etc. The idea or assumption or explanation that society is ordered in a hierarchical way with an elit class that wore the best is very dum. That idea -elite has the best- changed society from a custodian caring mother nurturing world, to the bastard selfish frightening version we are forced to live in today.

@maureengauvin1768 27 күн бұрын

“Sometimes it is better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt.” - Abraham Lincoln

@annepoitrineau5650 29 күн бұрын

It looks to me like no other weaving "way" has been invented in the last 1800 years, at least, maybe much longer.

@RED-cy7ig 29 күн бұрын

People forget that we have cold machines making fabrics instead of warm blooded artists who created practical but beautiful textiles.

@colleenuchiyama4916 28 күн бұрын

In this day and age, very few of us would be able to afford completely hand grown, harvested, cleaned, spun, and woven fabrics. It’s simply not feasible.

@maureengauvin1768 27 күн бұрын

Perhaps in a new earth age, at some point in the future, the many benefits of the natural cycle of fiber ‘from land - to body’ fiber production will once again be realized & made commonplace. One can dream… 🧡🙏🏻

@spark5012 Жыл бұрын

The soundtrack is messed up.

@suviasletters Жыл бұрын

Yes, my technical skills don't match my ambition. I am working to get better.

@dawsie Жыл бұрын

I have no understanding as to the issue of the sound as I have just listen to this and found nothing wrong, I have noticed in the past when I have had an issue with both sound or viewing it was down to the wi-fi speed causing all of the problems, when this happens I tag the file to my private folder of KZfaq for to be played back at a later when it’s a different time slot a few days latter, in most cases it could be the number of people who are watching the video and thus this can cause a play back issue. I hope this helps if and when you have a similar issue in the future 🤗