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The hennin (French: hennin French pronunciation: [enɛ̃];[1] possibly from Flemish Dutch: henninck meaning cock or rooster)[N 1] was a headdress in the shape of a cone, steeple, or truncated cone worn in the Late Middle Ages by European women of the nobility.[2] They were most common in Burgundy and France,[citation needed] but also elsewhere, especially at the English courts,[3] and in Northern Europe,[citation needed] Hungary and Poland. They were little seen in Italy.[citation needed] It is unclear what styles the word hennin described at the time, though it is recorded as being used in French areas in 1428, probably before the conical style appeared.[citation needed] The word does not appear in English until the 19th century.[4] The term is therefore used by some writers on costume for other female head-dresses of the period.[5]
In pop culture, the hennin is often used to identify princesses and other important women in a royal court.
- ^ Le Nouveau Petit Robert: Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française, s.v. hennin. Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert, 1993. ISBN 2-85036-506-8.
- ^ "Cornet" from Herbert Norris, Medieval costume and fashion 1999 (orig 1927 :445–48.
- ^ Norris shows examples from the reigns of Henry VI and Edward IV
- ^ OED, "Hennin"
- ^ Piponnier and Mane are among the writers who use it, just for conical head-dresses, p. 80
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