They wore cloth garments, fitting tight to the body and limbs, and a broad belt, to which they hung their swords." The face was clean shaved, with the exception of two long moustaches. "They tied up their flaxen or light-brown hair above their foreheads, into a kind of tuft, and then made it fall behind the head like a horse's tail. The curious description given of the Franks by Sidoine Apollinaire, who says, Middle Ages Hairstyles - the Early Franks hairstyles The following paragraphs describes Middle Ages Hairstyles A tonsure might also indicate that a monk had received clerical status. Tonsures were a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem. Their hair was shaved except for a narrow strip round the head. They were distinguished by their partly shaven hair called tonsures. All Medieval monks in the Middle Ages were clean shaven. Middle Ages Hairstyles - Medieval Monks and NunsĪ nuns hair was roughly shorn and her head, and any remnants of hair, was hidden from view as the nun's head was covered by her wimple or veil. The remaining hair was hidden by a bonnet Smooth Hair, parted in the middle was on display on the front of the head, above the forehead.Hairstyles then changed and coiled buns were displayed on each side of the head.
Hair was then hidden from view under the style of headdress called a wimple.Hair was first long and flowing and clearly visible.The hairstyles of Medieval women changed with their fashions during the Middle Ages
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