Married Women
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Typically married women wore tight-fitting caps and nets over their hair that was wound in a bun. Other women wore their hair loosely or tightly braided with a veil covering it (www.medieval-life.net).
At the beginning of the 1300s, the extremes of Burgundian fashion became popular for women. Shoes had overdone points. The more pointed the shoe, the higher social status the woman had.
The female headdress became more pointed and exaggerated. Women wore "circlets" that encircled the head. It was often made of gold (www.mauritia.de). The veil worn by many married women was called a "couvrechef". It was made from a square or half circle of linen. As time passed, women chose to wear smaller "couvrechefs" (www.alpha.furman.edu).
Unmarried women wore hats with two points often called "virgin hats".
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