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People Were Smaller Back Then… right?

Posted on 26 October, 2016 by Kass McGann • 0 Comments

One of the misconceptions about historical costume is that people were smaller “back then”.  Would it surprise you to know that the average woman living in London in the Middle Ages was the same height as the average female Londoner today? There are a couple reasons for this misconception.  Historians used to use door heights… Continue Reading

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