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The nerves are not made of steel, that’s why from the “Tudors” series with all its factual errors, inconsistencies, pretentious plastic armour and vulgar dresses we’ll move on to something else to soothe a wounded heart with – the “Tudor Monastery Farm” BBC documentary.

Tudor Monastery Farm. Where to find such happiness? The right clothes. For gentlemen. For ladies. Life. A little bit about the food. What if you want it too? 

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Remember, I mentioned a solemn Inquisition tribunal over “The Tudors” costumes? The time has come!

The Tudors and their dresses. What did ladies actually wear at the time? What are the ladies wearing in the series? So what to wear? Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, Catherine Parr. What’s in common?

Part III

Today is a good day to talk about bascinets’ domes. As we have already give you general idea of such medieval helmet as bascinet (Part I), and also showed different, amazing (and sometimes very weird!) types of bascinet’s visors (Part II), it’s time to have a closer look at domes and steps of its evolution.

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Henry VIII. Real armour of the King and his surroundings; it’s silly cinematographic representation. Obvious fails and amusing stupidities.

Henry VIII: wives and armour. The first mod of the Kingdom. “The Tudors” series, Amusements. So how do you do it?

At all times, headwears had particularly practical functions, and were more a necessary number, than an accessory. Kerchiefs and wraps were aimed to protect of sunburns, hoods - of rain and wind, and helmets - of smashing enemy’s sword. And such tendency were last in Early Middle Ages through the XII-XIII centuries.

Part II

In our previous article, we told you about such medieval helmet as bascinet. Probably, the most uniqueness of these helmets, is a great variety of visors! And today we'd like to show you, how different these visors could be!

Sunny Italy was the first european country, which met the influence of Renaissance on the evolution of the costume.

Today we’d like to introduce you one of the type of body protection, which is called khatangu degel (also, hatanga degel). Translated from Mongolian, it means “vest, strong as steel”.

The latest articles were telling about knights and their body protection. Steel Mastery decided to remedy this situation, so today we prepare for you very interesting information about bright Burgundian fashion of the XV century. 

Part I

Couple of months ago we shared with you a process of bascinet’ making. Today we’d like to present for your attention introductory article, which opens cyclus “Bascinets”. What the helmet bascinet was? Which shapes of dome and visor were popular? What the word “klappvisor” means and many more interesting facts.

Enjoy the reading!