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Burlap Syndrome is the tendency of [[ |
'''Burlap Syndrome''' is the tendency of [[medievalist]]s to assume that everyone who lived in the [[Migration Era|Viking era]] wore filthy, poorly constructed, largely [[brown]] [[clothes]]. This impression has been well entrenched in the [[modern]] mind by Hollywood, and can be difficult to overcome. |
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Latest revision as of 15:15, 5 May 2008
Burlap Syndrome is the tendency of medievalists to assume that everyone who lived in the Viking era wore filthy, poorly constructed, largely brown clothes. This impression has been well entrenched in the modern mind by Hollywood, and can be difficult to overcome.
