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"textContent": "\n\nI was recently in Norway, where it reached temperatures of -21 Celsius, and I wanted to see how my medieval clothing would hold up in winter! Here's what medieval women wore in the 14th century during the coldest season of the year.\n\nFurther Reading:\n\nhttps://www.science.smith.edu/climatelit/the-effects-of-the-little-ice-age/\n\nhttps://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/medieval-lives-working-women-in-english-society-1300-1500/\n\nhttps://www.themorgan.org/collection/hours-of-henry-viii/11\n\nhttps://argilrien.wordpress.com/2017/04/15/schichten-eines-mittelalter-gewandes-layers-of-a-medieval-garment/\n\nWomen’s Work: The First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber\n\nImage Sources:\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_f%C3%A9vrier.jpg\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KnittingMadonna.jpg\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stallarholmen,_Sweden_(2).jpg\n\nHoustička, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tacuin_orge29.jpg\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_juin.jpg (c. 1412-1416)\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Women_testing_a_mine_with_air_presssure_(15146368860).jpg (1914)\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belgian_women_workers_in_coal_mine_LCCN2014699154.jpg (1910)\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pit_brow_women.jpg (1860s to 1890)\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1794_Morgenstern_Bauernhof_anagoria.JPG (1794)\n\nhttps://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/48/158530\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maciejowski_Bible_-_Morgan_Library_ %26_Museum_MS_M.638,_fol._24v.jpg\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maciejowski_Bible_-_Morgan_Library_ %26_Museum_MS_M.638,_fol._19v.jpg\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maciejowski_Bible_-_Morgan_Library_ %26_Museum_MS_M.638,_fol._37v.jpg\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maciejowski_Bible_-_Morgan_Library_ %26_Museum_MS_M.638,_fol._18v.jpg\n\nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maciejowski_Bible_-_Morgan_Library_ %26_Museum_MS_M.638,_fol._41v.jpg",
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