{"id":739,"date":"2008-02-26T21:54:55","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T02:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/viking-women-dressed-provocatively\/"},"modified":"2008-02-26T21:58:26","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T02:58:26","slug":"viking-women-dressed-provocatively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/viking-women-dressed-provocatively\/","title":{"rendered":"Viking Women Dressed Provocatively"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000I7WVIE\/rpglibrary\/\"><img src='http:\/\/cache.halloweenmart.com\/images\/ip015310.jpg' alt='authentic Viking footwear' title='authentic Viking footwear' style=\"float: right; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\" \/><\/a>As if we needed more reasons to be annoyed at Christianity.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA runway fashion show in Viking times would have spotlighted women cloaked in imported colored-silk gowns adorned with metallic breast coverings and long trains.<\/p>\n<p>This surprising claim is the result of a new analysis of remnants from a woman&#8217;s wardrobe discovered in a grave dating back to the 10th century in Russia, painting a picture of Viking panache before Christianity was established that runs counter to previous ideas about buttoned-up, prudish looking Norsewomen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we can say the pre-Christian dress code was very rich,&#8221; textiles researcher Annika Larsson of Uppsala University in Sweden told LiveScience. &#8220;When Christianity came, the dress was more like that of nuns. There was a big difference.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>(from <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/livescience\/20080225\/sc_livescience\/vikingwomendressedprovocatively\">Viking Women Dressed Provocatively<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/\">Yahoo! News<\/a>)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sounds to me like the costumes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000EHSVJ6\/rpglibrary\/\">Viking Women And The Sea Serpent<\/a> were not so far off, after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if we needed more reasons to be annoyed at Christianity. A runway fashion show in Viking times would have spotlighted women cloaked in imported colored-silk gowns adorned with metallic breast coverings and long trains. 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