Grooming the Face in the Early Middle Ages

A study of beards and hair focusing on the medieval period in Europe. There is a brief introduction looking at the modern period and how it contrasts with beards in the past. Examples from the Near East, Rome, Italy, Anglo-Saxon England, Germany and Scandinavia are compared.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steven P. Ashby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of York 2016-11-01
Series:Internet Archaeology
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Online Access:http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue42/6/9.cfm