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==English Women's Fashion AD 793-899==
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[[File:L793-VE-Walsh-XX899 Women.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A C9th English woman wearing an open palla]]
In the 9th century women wear the open palla. This is a large, light-weight rectangle of cloth worn draped over the head and shoulders. It was worn loose and open or else closed, clasped at the chest with a brooch. An alternative head-covering is the simple long scarf type veil, popular in both England and in Carolingian Europe, and worn loosely draped over the head and wrapped around the shoulders whilst leaving the neck showing.<br>
==Viking Women's Fashion AD 793-899==
[[File:L793-E-HelenB-AT899 VWomen.jpg|thumb|left|200px150px|A C9th Viking woman wearing a hangerock ]]
Most Viking women who settled in Britain were pagan and wore distinctive pagan clothing. They tended to very quickly adopt or adapt to local fashions, incorporating them into their style of dress.<br>
