Unlike in later periods men in the early middle ages don’t seem to have had any problem walking around bare headed but hats and coif win popularity as the period goes on. Men are shown both clean shaven and with full beards and the hair is either short or to the chin.
Headwear
Female headgear in the 1400’s
A number of different styles were worn throughout the century. Any of these styles could be topped by a padded roll, sometimes arranged in a heart-shape, or a veil, or both. Veils were supported by wire frames that exaggerated the shape and were variously draped from the back of the headdress or covered the forehead.
Female headgear in the middle ages
Nobel headgear became quite elaborate during the period – we have all see the “princess hats” which were actually worn for a period of time. Some are very high, other very wide and some gives really different head shapes. Married women would generally always wear something on their heads when out in public. Women are almost always shown to have their hair styled in some way even in pictures of them dressing or bathing. Both men and women would wear hoods with long tails called a liripipe (studshætte).