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Lesson #4: Page 7
Contrary to the many reconstructions (both pictures and re-enactment type) the so called Phyrigian Cap was not worn by Anglo-Saxons in the early Anglo-Saxon period. #1 In fact, hats seem to be unknown in the Germanic man's wardrobe in this period, being absent from illustrations, poetry and literature and the archaeological record. The only headgear commonly encountered in any of these sources is a helmet. The words hæt and hufe may have been applied to men's headgear although it is unclear if these words were in use at this date. The word hod probably signified a hood, but this may have been a hood on a cloak rather than a seperate item.
1 This type of hat probably signified a freeman in the Later Roman Empire, but it is a fashion that was probably never popular with Anglo-Saxons, if it was worn at all, although certain schools of later Anglo-Saxon manuscript illustration often show it. It was almost certainly an artistic copnvention, the details of which are discussed more fully in a course covering a later period. back Page
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Headgear
is almost unknown in England at this time, although there are rare examples
on the continent. Probably hooded cloaks, or the versatile
rectangular cloak pulled over the head, provided protection against bad
weather.