Getting dressed in the middle ages, while Jewish : 11th century medieval Jews, England vs Spain

Go to https://nordvpn.com/snappydragon or use code snappydragon to get a 2-year plan plus 4 additional months with a huge discount. Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this video. How would a medieval Jew dress? Historical Jewish fashion varied, in England, and Spain, and everywhere else. It depended on when and where they lived, how well the Jewish community was treated, and that Jew's status within their community and the wider world. We'll take an in-depth look at the historical costumes of two 11th century Jewish women : An Ashkenazi Norman English Jew, and a Sephardic Jew living in Islamic-ruled Iberia (present-day Spain). In the middle ages, Jews lived all over Europe, as well as throughout much of Africa and Asia. Their historical fashions varied just as much as those of their non-Jewish neighbors. Jewish traditional dress might be completely different from the non-Jews of the same region, especially if the Jewish community was separate, or it might be look identical on the surface, with only small differences in construction. Jewish tailors and dressmakers would have sewn their clothes differently due to a religious prohibition on wearing "sha'atnez", wool and linen in the same garment. A high-status Norman English Jew, either invited to move to England by William the Conqueror or perhaps the first generation born on English soil, would have looked much like anyone else on the surface. Her outfit would consist of the same linen smock and wool outer layers as other Eng