Some types of medieval hats

Some points about the importance of hats in medieval fashion, with some evidence from contemporary art and some examples I made myself based on that evidence. Bycockets, bag hats, coifs, liripipes, and chaperons, oh my!
Clarification: at one point in this video I imply that head coverings were just as important for women and men. Well, that's only kind of true. It was a bit more important for women, and sometimes you see uncovered heads from both genders, but only sometimes.
Music used:
Kings of Tara, Suonatore di Liuto, and Village Consort by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@simongee8928]

An advantage of the bycocket hat was there's no brim to get in the way when drawing a bow, whether the archer is right or left handed.

[@wayner396]

I'm a medieval enthusiasts and this video is exactly what I was looking for to decide on what type of hat to make for myself. I think I like the muffin cap. Looks easy for a sewing beginner to make and still looks good. The chaperon is probably my second favorite.

[@MedievalGenie]

Nice video, I might go for the folded around hood you showed later in the video, then I can look like mister Fiore Dei Liberi, a kickass swordsman with a hat!

[@bashkillszombies]

Writing about something does not prove one's prowess. I have literally no theory appreciation of martial arts yet have dominated several fields to a national level. And I'm a fucking brainlet.

[@RobRoss]

Hey random person on the internet. Thanks for making this video. It was amazingly good and informative and I enjoyed it.

[@sergiodemartinez1415]

Wow! Loved that last bit of the hood! I had no idea!

[@YlvaTheRed]

Wonderful, I love the inclusion of manuscript depictions!

[@aroree]

Going to our first ren faire this year and this was so so helpful! Thank you for sharing, and love the background with your many weapons 😊

[@user-un5xj1wl6p]

Wow medieval people realy had style.

[@Ukulilly]

1) Arming Cap, or Padded Coif 2) Bycocket hat 3) Bag hat, or Muffin cap 4) the Hood

[@ThePianiolist]

I liked it, I would’ve just liked you to speak a little louder, you have great things to say.

[@teucer915]

In Spain, the bag beanie was called a "gorra" during the Hispano-Flemish period. That's become a general purpose word for caps today, so it's not an especially good way to solve the lack of a distinguishing name for it, but it's what I call mine.

[@TheCraziestFox]

Very nice video. One thing I would appreciate is to give dates and locations of where the headwear was used.

[@guillaumecleach5124]

great video, very insightful! Concise too witch I appreciate

[@Hope-un5wv]

Sou'wester - modern Bycocket. Think about the practicality, protects from the sun and also diverts the rain.

[@ghostfifth]

Dude I like your video. Up your voice volume a little. And more hats!!! Looking for renaissance period but I appreciate all the info.

[@saberg1082]

Very informative, thank you!

[@ukaszbaginski9150]

Very interesting. In future i will get some of these and wear for fashion. Yellow one is my favorie

[@torvaldrunarson4219]

Great video, very interesting !

[@emmbo5607]

Get you a guy who look good in a medieval hood (love your vid! Super helpful since I'm starting my journey in the world of Historical dress and recreation)

[@Helliconia54]

very informative video.Thank you.I have been looking for a suitable hat to ear at medieval faires.I have two hoods,(winter and spring/autumn) i need something for our Australian Summers.The Bycocket looks to be what i need.

[@excesscandle]

muffin cap looks like a smurf hat

[@eliegbert8121]

#BringBackBycockets!

[@animematt99]

I cannot really find a decent hood, or bagged hat for sale anywhere. They all seem to be cheaply made, and not lines. Do you have the patterns for these anywhere?

[@Ralchire]

Matt Here is the pattern for the hood. i.imgur.com/mCi4eef.png

[@brandowhitemusic]

Is that a functional shield on your wall? How did you get your heraldry on it?

[@Ralchire]

Yes, I got a blank shield (from Oakheart Armory) and I painted my arms on it using acrylic paints and I made some paper stencils for the charges. Funny you should ask, within the next week or couple of weeks I'm going to be making a few heater shields. So I'll probably have a video or two on how to make them.

[@bashkillszombies]

Get linden strips, make your own. Don't buy overpriced crap that was made in China. Ever. Hell, if I can't make my own tools I commission a blacksmith (in the UK or continental Europe preferably) to make them. I'll go to any length to avoid rewarding people exploiting our history.

[@fishinwidow35]

@@bashkillszombies How about just giving a local guy some business as opposed to China junk?

[@ScotchIrishHoundsman]

There are paintings from the 13th century of both men and women wearing different styles of straw hats, some even shaped like the bike locket/ Robin Hood hat. There were thousands of different types of straw hats, worn by both men and women of every social class. I have a sneaking suspicion that humans have been sporting the wide brimmed hat since ‘pre civilization’. Having grown up in Texas, I wore many a straw hat in my lifetime. Most people in the world would call them cowboy hats nowadays, but we’ve always said “straw hat”. I was lead to believe that Stetson created the cowboy hat, but I saw some paintings from the 18th century, of big flat brimmed hats folded similarly to a cowboy hat. So I assumed that to be the origin. I recently came across a painting of a man in a straw hat with the brim up, just like a cowboy hat, that was from the early 14th century. A full 400 years earlier than I originally believed. That’s something that I find extremely interesting, this and other similarities I find between the cultures of the people of medieval Britain and the Southern American culture. We take pride in many things we retain from our heritage of the British isles, and often times, you’ll see us shocked when we learn that many of those things seemingly left with our ancestors, and have all but died out in modern British culture. Although, if you look closely, there’s still shared cultural expression.

[@fishinwidow35]

Fabric was expensive so for most, everything was multipurpose

[@juzzbuzz1]

Do you know what fabric the hood is made out of ?? And good video by the way.

[@Ralchire]

Thank you, it really means a lot! And yes, I made the hood out of two kinds of fabric. The outer shell is made of wool, but as for the inner lining I used some unknown extra fabric that was lying around, however I am pretty sure it's linen due to the way it behaves and feels. The bag hat, as mentioned, is made from wool and linen. The arming cap is the same unknown maybe-linen that I used for the inside of the hood. The bycocket is actually made from a similarly unknown felt-like synthetic material.

[@juzzbuzz1]

@@Ralchire thanks for the info :) iv allready made a bycocket and what iv found that looks nice is lining the inside with linen and using wool yarn around the brim of the bycocket.

[@jocinda]

why do you think several styles had long pointy 'tails'??

[@emilypresleysee]

Is it pronounced "koyf" and not "kwahf"? I thought it came from the french "coiffure". Is it pronounced differently for specific reasons? I'm intrigued and confused. 🥴

[@Ralchire]

I think I have heard both in equal measure. Kind of like sallet/SALL-let or sall-LAY. Depends on who you ask but you are right.

[@acchannel4150]

video rất hay và chi tiết. chúc bạn thành công ,nho subscribed va Like

[@knightforlorn6731]

genius. good jokes.

[@andrewlizotte905]

I love God and Jesus with all my heart!

[@Gsoda35]

most headwear from old times I have seen are just awfully looking. I wonder why.

[@Jfreek5050]

Lol homies wearing their hats backward is ye old school

[@nickmoore8108]

Two words, lapel microphone.