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 | | The catalyst for the change in costume that marks the division between the early medieval period and the Romanesque period was the first of the Crusades, which began in 1095. |
 | | Later in the period, the hood, with its pointed end (the liripipe), and short shoulder cape, became a hat worn by putting the head into the hole originally intended for the face and wrapping the extended liripipe around the head in turban fashion. |
 | | The doublet developed into a fully tailored, frequently padded, garment, which in varying forms survived as the basic male outer garment through the middle of the 17th century. |
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