Bund hood

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Man with a bonnet from the sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt , around 1230

A Bundhaube , Buntaube , Coiffe , also Hersenier (ancient: Härsenier) is a medieval headgear . It was worn by men of all walks of life as well as children. Usually it was woven from white linen and could be tied under the chin. It also served as protection under a crown or, in a lined version, under a knight's helmet . It was part of the official costume of the Doges of Venice until 1797 .

Use in knight armor

Competition hood

The intention was to reduce the pressure of the metal headgear. The blow from sword blows should also be reduced. The head protection was first carried out with a padded cap, the so-called batvat . The bund hood, the basin hood and the Hütelin or Hütel were also put on . The latter was a felt hat, which was also pulled over the pool hood. The helmet was only placed on these four things.

In the 12th century the Bundhaube and the Brünne were combined into a single item of clothing. A type of armored shirt was called Brünne.

A further development of the bund hood is the helmet cap or tournament hood , which was larger and more heavily padded. It was worn under the heavy helmet and fixed to the helmet with leather straps.

The ancient designation "Härsenier" can be found in ancient texts: "Man stroufte im ab sîn Härsenier"; "Sîn härsenier von im er zôck, des twanc in starkiu heat".

The Landsknechte later also wore Bund hoods, which, however, were extremely elaborately decorated with slits and ruffles in accordance with the rest of the Landsknechts fashion. Some mercenaries wore a steel hood underneath to protect their skulls.

literature

  • Heinrich von Wedel: Germany's knighthood: its development and its bloom . Print and publisher CA Starke, Görlitz 1904. Reprint: Biblio Bazar, 2009, ISBN 1-110-05720-2

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hersenier . In: German Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Prussian Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 5 , booklet 6 (edited by Otto Gönnenwein , Wilhelm Weizsäcker , with the assistance of Hans Blesken). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1966, OCLC 832566397 ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de - first edition between 1952 and 1960).
  2. ↑ helmet . In: E. Götzinger: Reallexicon of the German antiquities . Leipzig 1885, pp. 401-404