The REAL History of the Princess Hat

A headdress from the medieval Mongol Empire? European whimsy? Something Freudian? Maybe you've heard a pithy theory about the history of the hennin, or conical "princess hat," but I doubt you've heard the REAL history. Today we're going to dive into some *serious* fact-checking, and wrap up with what I think you need to know about fashion in the Late Middle Ages. I do my best to be accurate, but I'm an amateur history enthusiast. Any corrections and clarifications will be posted below. 00:00 Hi 00:55 General Hennin Facts 03:03 European Theory 04:13 Boqta Theory 10:32 Ottoman Theory 15:28 what is even real? 16:33 MIC DROP _______ FURTHER READING/WATCHING/ETC: For more on Mongol/European textile exchange check out Eiren L. Shae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y9TwStngDs&ab_channel=eastasianarthistory More than Oriental Splendor: European and Ottoman Headgear 1380-1580 by Charlotte Jirousek https://doi.org/10.1179/036121195805298172 Central Asian headwear history http://karakalpak.com/ *Note that i’s based on a lot of Russian ethnographic work about living cultures, which is always gonna be a lil weird, and I can't attest to the general quality of this website (very out of my wheelhouse). ________ FULL IMAGE LIST AND SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19_j9O2T54InHB5-eE4hQZvJ8a_kT_3IfqH137F9R14Q _________ IMAGE ATTRIBUTIONS: Mongol Empire Map By Ali Zifan, via wikimedia commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ____ MUSIC/SOUND: "The Colonel." Zachariah Hickman (YT audio libr