Clothes for Varangian Re~enactors

Compiled by Indunna

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Clothing Articles on NVG Inc or Branch websites
What Was Worn Under The Tunic in the 11th Century? How to tell what the fiber is: Burn test and Bleach test Introduction to Textiles. By Kelly Birch. Basic T-Tunic making workshop notes By Kelly Birch Medieval footwear: A contemporary approach to medieval turned shoes	Extant Frankish Clothing Extant Saxon Clothing Extant Bronze /Iron / Viking / Medieval age Hats - Caps - Headbands Extant Iron Age / Viking / Medieval Hoods Scale Armour Construction
Clothing Articles in the Varangian Voice Magazine
VV Issue 58 - Byzantine woman's stola & palla & Byzantine men's tunica VV Issue 65 - Reconstruction of the Coppergate sock VV Issue 66 - A fur lined Rus kaftan	VV Issue 67 - Reconstruction of the Viborg shirt VV Issue 71 - Scale armour construction
Other interesting Clothing Articles
Reconstructing a Viking Hanging Dress from Haithabu	New discovery of Viking Age clothing from Pskov, Russia

Introduction ~ Varangians
Pronounced As: vranjnz

Name given by Slavs and Byzantine Greeks to Scandinavians who began to raid the eastern shores of the Baltic and penetrate Eastern Europe by the 9th century.

Their leader, Rurik, established himself at Novgorod in 862, thus laying the traditional foundation for Kievan Rus.

The Varangians, some of whom were known also as Rus or Rhos, made their way down the Dnieper and established the great trade route from Kiev to Byzantium. In the 9th and 10th cent. they repeatedly threatened Constantinople.

During the 10th and 11th cent. they served as soldiers of East Slavic princes, but they gradually merged with the Slavs, adopting Slavic culture.

Other Varangians served as mercenary troops to the emperors at Constantinople. Varangian migrations paralleled those of the Norsemen and Vikings in the West.

Ref: Encyclopedia.com

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