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[[File:TheLateMiddleAges.jpg|frame|[[Richard III|Unfit for any place but hell...]]]]Pretty much the entire Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, though in southern Europe this overlaps with [[The Renaissance]]. This is the period where chivalry is dying, and [[Niccolo Machiavelli|Macchiavellian]] nobles are killing off kings, queens, peasants, and each other with gusto (especially if they happen to be [[Big Screwed-Up Family|relatives]]), with recurrences of [[The Plague]] generally finishing off any survivors. This is the age of the [
The typical clothing will include [[Nice Hat|Nice Hats]], often of disturbingly complicated structure, and surprisingly low necklines among the women; among the men, yards and yards of cloth in the sleeves and disturbingly high hemlines. Both generously include lots of fur and velvet, at least among the nobility -- and lots of dirt, at least among the peasants. Splotches of blood are a not infrequent addition for both.
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