Muggle World (Was: Quills)

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No: HPFGUIDX 117599


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
> 
> >>>Carol wrote
> snip
> I still think the closest equivalent is the academic gowns worn by 
> students at Oxford--not the modern version but the one that was
worn 
> from the thirteenth through the nineteenth centuries to distinguish 
> the students (and faculty)from the ordinary townspeople--Town and 
> Gown.
> 
> Potioncat:
> Where would the rest of us find a picture or description of that?

Sue:

Most books on mediaeval history should have this. Or try Google
images.

I agree with Carol, BTW. The WW is very conservative and has a long
history, 
as does Hogwarts in particular. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the
uniform 
was pretty old-style, though, of course, someone would have had to
change it 
at some stage, since Hogwarts was founded 1000 years ago! ;-)