Explore: Medieval Ring Brooches

fastening of the brooch, may be called "ring brooches", "pin brooches", or "brooch-pins"; or, especially where the ring is small and plain, "ringed pins". In

function as a clothes fastener. The earliest known brooches are from the Bronze Age. As fashions in brooches changed rather quickly, they are important chronological

Claddagh rings have been used as engagement and wedding rings in medieval and Renaissance Europe. The oldest surviving examples of the Claddagh ring have

wearing a brooch on an imperial purple cloak. Fully-sealed brooches were fashioned by rotating the pin within the gap by 90 degrees. Penannular brooches were

and textiles Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Early medieval European dress Anglo-Saxon brooches See, for example broadcloth, fustian. Owen-Crocker 2004

often found torcs, and different kinds of penannular brooches, some zoomorphic, though bronze brooches are more common than silver. In the Middle Ages, ornate

A Luckenbooth brooch is a Scottish heart-shaped brooch. These brooches often have a crown above one heart, or two intertwined hearts. They are typically

a huge variety of medieval brooch types (the term fibula is rarely used for medieval items). The two most common are ring brooches, including square and

Celtic brooches, often from Norse-Gael contexts. Such brooches were worn by rulers or gifted by the ruler to people of importance. The Hunterston brooch evidences

basic forms of personal jewelry such as rings, necklaces, bracelets, and brooches that remain in use today, medieval jewelry often includes a range of other