Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1931, Page 104

.HE MALF CENTURY: BETWEEN 1480 ANP 1530 WAS AN EVENTFUL PERIOD IN THE- HISTORY OF WESTERN EUROPE-, THE RENAISSANCE, THE /l "NEW BIRTH; OF- LEARNING AND ART WAS IN FLOWER . THE PROTESTANT REFORMATIO WAS BEGINNING IN GERMANY:. CoLuMBUS DISCOVERED- AMERIGA .FEUDALISM AND KNIGHTHOOD> DIED> OUT. THE SAME PERIOD> : BROUGHT MANY CHANGES IN THE'STYLES OF DRESS.. ALSO COMMONLY WORN BY WELL-T0-DO BURGHERS , PROFESSION- & . Dou‘eL‘E'r.' AL MEN AND SEA CAPTAINS, I3 EnguisH =__ _ Lapy-— B noe = 1530- ENGLAND-1509. " £} spanisH (CABALLERO 1530 SwEDE-1530 HE DOUBLET, 4 SHORT, CLOSE- FITTING COAT, WAS A CHARACTER- 1STIC FEATURE OF MALE- ATTIRE DURING THE 16™ AND 17T CENTURIES CENTLRY EARLY 16™ E} HOE STYLES HAD GONE FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE OTHER.THE LONG- POINTED SLIPPER HAD> GIVEN WAY TO ONE- WITH A VERY BROAD TOE oo e o @ u:— “LATEST N LADIES' ~ HEADGEAR-1500 7 77 %z Z -By TMIS TIME THE EAqLy 1™ L= Boracs (Bzimsn) LOCATION, = IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA 90 MILES S0UTH oF CUBA. . AREA:- 4,450 SQUARE MiLES . POPULATION : - 936,927. CAPITAL, - KINGSTON, POPULATION - 62,562 CRIEF EXPORTS: — SuGAR, RUM AND> BANANAS. URLY PLUMES, ‘SLASHED " DOUBLETS, STRIPED HoSE AP MOTLEY EFFECTS WERE POPULAR WITH THE DANDIES OF THAT DAY. —° AUusTRIAN KNIGHT & HE MOST ELABORATE' MALE ATTIRE OF THE PERIOD> WAS TO BE FOUND '\ (FERMANY, AUSTRIA AND> SWITZERLAND. \. B} Muscovite (Russian) -LONG YEARS UNDER THE- DOMINATION OF THE MONGOLIAN TARTARS LED> THE RUSSIANS To ADOPT A SEMI-ASIATIC Y = ‘g rAUSMEL D> USE OF GUNPOWDER | M AND THE IMPROVE - MENTOF FIRE-ARMS HAD MABE THE- COMMON FOOT 'SOLDIER, ARMED> WITH AN ARQUESLS, | MORE THAN A MATCH FOR THE ARMORED KNIGHT IN BATTLE.. ARMOR WAS SOON TO BE DISCARDED. ® (3 ITaLAN - [Brmor 16¥Cenrury. GENTLEMAN- 1480 B e "Mav wimy Tue Hos' -EUROPEAN PEASANT DRESS IN 1500 ——== —70 B8 CONTINUEDL>,