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As a means of recording the passage of [[time]], the '''15th century''' was that [[century]] which lasted from [[1401]] to [[1500]]. As a means of recording the passage of [[time]], the '''15th century''' was that [[century]] which lasted from [[1401]] to [[1500]].
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 +'''Fashion in 15th century Europe''' is characterized by a series of extremes and extravagances, from the voluminous gowns called [[houppelande]]s with their sweeping floor-length sleeves to the revealing [[doublet (clothing)|doublet]]s and [[hose (clothing)|hose]] of [[Renaissance Italy]]. [[Hat]]s, [[hood]]s, and other [[headdress]]es assumed increasing importance, and were swagged, draped, jewelled, and [[feather]]ed.
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 +As Europe continued to grow more prosperous, the urban middle classes, including skilled workers, began to wear more complex clothes that followed, at a distance, the fashions set by the elites. National variations in clothing seem on the whole to have increased over the century.
==Events== ==Events==
* [[1401]]: [[Timur]] sacks [[Baghdad]]. * [[1401]]: [[Timur]] sacks [[Baghdad]].

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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.

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Fashion

Fashion in 15th century Europe is characterized by a series of extremes and extravagances, from the voluminous gowns called houppelandes with their sweeping floor-length sleeves to the revealing doublets and hose of Renaissance Italy. Hats, hoods, and other headdresses assumed increasing importance, and were swagged, draped, jewelled, and feathered.

As Europe continued to grow more prosperous, the urban middle classes, including skilled workers, began to wear more complex clothes that followed, at a distance, the fashions set by the elites. National variations in clothing seem on the whole to have increased over the century.

Events

Image:Chas vii.jpg
Charles VII of France, final victor of the Hundred Years' War

Significant people

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

List of 15th century inventions


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