all ranks playedtheir part in defending their castles and home-steads, in training their sons for battle, besidesfulfilling their household duties, including spin-ning, weaving, ploughing the fields and performingother arduous tasks which in peaceful times areusually discharged by the men. This was… … on guard against the inroads of the terrible Turk,there was indeed little opportunity for aestheticpursuits, and for the same reason the changes offashion in ladies attire, the powdered hair, thehoops and furbelows, the lace cravats and the lacefrills ornamenting the sleeves of both men andwomen,…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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