Hattar signalerade en gång trots och status i det tidigmoderna England

Hattar bar på en djup social och politisk innebörd i 1600- och 1700-talets England. Att vägra ta av sig huvudbonaden kunde ses som en öppen protest mot auktoriteter. Nya forskningsrön belyser hur detta vardagsföremål formade identitet, hierarkier och till och med säkerhet.

För århundraden sedan förväntades män och pojkar ta av sig hattarna för sina överordnade, både inomhus och utomhus. Historikern Bernard Capp noterar att denna regel förstärkte den sociala ordningen fram till 1640- och 1650-talen, då den under det engelska inbördeskriget förvandlades till en synlig handling av trots. Leveller-ledaren John Lilburne planerade att behålla hatten på framför överhuset, medan Digger-gestalterna William Everard och Gerrard Winstanley vägrade att ta av sig huvudbonaden inför general Fairfax och kallade honom sin jämlike. Karl I bar själv sin hatt under hela sin rättegång 1649.

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