The dress code and practices. The Romanian lands between Oriental
influences and European dress codes (17th to 18th centuries) Cover Image
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Sistemul și practicile vestimentare. Spațiul românesc între influențele orientale și formele vestimentare europene (sec. XVII-XVIII)
The dress code and practices. The Romanian lands between Oriental influences and European dress codes (17th to 18th centuries)

Author(s): Mihai Dragnea
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences
Published by: MUZEUL ETNOGRAFIC AL TRANSILVANIEI
Keywords: dress code; Romanian Lands; Holy Roman Empire; Habsburg dynasty; Ottoman Empire;

Summary/Abstract: The Romanian Lands’ positioning between the two major worlds of thetime, the Western and the Oriental, lead to the appearance of foreign influences inthe Romanian society of the17th and 18th centuries. Due to the Habsburgdomination, Transylvania would be heavily influenced by the Germanic way of life.The fate of Wallachia and Moldova would be linked to the Ottoman Empire, whoseOriental influences would quickly penetrate the two Romanian states. Consideringthat fashion trend is given by the person who leads a state and its court, theRomanian aristocracy would be forced to adopt the dress code of the occupants.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 65-80
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Romanian