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Symbolic Meanings of Hair in the Middle Ages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Robert Bartlett
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BEATNIKS, hippies, punks; marines, convicts, monks—it does not need much reflection to see that styles of head and facial hair in our own society convey meanings about status, attitude and role. The same is equally true of other societies, including those of the past, and the purpose of this paper is to explore some of those meanings as found in medieval Europe.

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Transactions of the Royal Historical Society , Volume 4 , December 1994 , pp. 43 - 60
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1994

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