🎩🚩 Historians explain that #17thcentury English society used hat etiquette to maintain social hierarchy and express political defiance.

Refusing to uncover one's head could be interpreted as a revolutionary act, while appearing in public without a #hat was associated with #poverty or #mentalillness.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/hat-off-early-modern-england/

#history #england #sociology #culture #fashion #anthropology #education #learning #society #hats #tradition #uk #tksst #video

Why Taking Off Your Hat Was a Matter of Life and Death in Early Modern England

Going outside without a hat in 1600s England meant you were either completely insane or totally broke.

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