Medievalists.net » Queen Clotild http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Scissors or Sword? The Symbolism of a Medieval Haircut http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/06/scissors-or-sword-the-symbolism-of-a-medieval-haircut/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/06/scissors-or-sword-the-symbolism-of-a-medieval-haircut/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 02:45:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36296 Simon Coates explores the symbolic meanings attached to hair in the early medieval West, and how it served to denote differences in age, sex, ethnicity and status.

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