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* Louis the Pious (826ADAD826) ([EWING 2007, : p.115)]

* Einhard: Life of Charlemagne (c.829AD829-836AD836) in winter by a close-fitting coat of otter or marten skins.[OWEN-CROCKER 2004:p.174] [EWING 2007:110-112]* Ólpa, stakkr, kufl: Norse for clothing made out of shaggy felt or fur ([HAGG 1984, : p.186)].

* Hedeby, Denmark (late C10th – early C11th) 9 fragments of heavy fluffy woollen (5mm thick) body warmers ([HAGG 1984, : p.183-185) ] cut to wrap around the front of the body and to reach to just below the waist. One of the Hedeby finds had a trace of bronze near the bottom corner probably from a bronze pin ([EWING 2007, : p.111]* Cumwhitton, England (AD900-950)A possible sealskin thorax [PATERSON 2014:p.76]

Geijer translates Einhard’s description as a ‘waist coat’ ([GEIJER 1938, : p.148)]<br>Hagg puts forward a theory that the woollen finds from Hedeby would have been worn by normal people as an affordable version of the fur body warmers worn by the rich ([HAGG 1984, : p.183-185)]<br>Ewing describes Einhard’s garment as “this garment covered just the chest and shoulders; the kings thorax is of otters kin or ermine and he wears it for warmth” ([EWING 2007, : p.110-111)]<br>

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