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Grágás, the medieval Icelandic lawbook, has further evidence on the nature of caps worn. The law prohibited a person from pulling the hat off of someone else’s head. If there was no chinstrap, the penalty was a fine. If there was a chinstrap and the hat was pulled forward, the penalty was lesser outlawry (banishment). But if there was a chinstrap and the hat was pulled backwards, the hat wearer had the right to kill in retaliation, since it was considered throttling. Viking Age clothing
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