Abantu abaninzi banomdla ngendlela abagqoke ngayo kwaye baqeqeshwe kumaxesha amandulo. Ndiyathanda ukuba ndifunde malunga naluphi uhlobo lweembadada ezazigqweswa eYurophu ukususela kwi-Middle Ages.
Amakhosi amandulo ayenamandla angenamkhawulo, ngoko ke ngamanye amaxesha imiyalelo yasekuqaleni yayishicilelwe echaphazelekayo yonke imiba yobomi babantu. Lo mzekelo unokusebenza njengomyalelo weNkosi yaseFransi uFilipu IV, ukuba bonke abahloniphekileyo bamele bagqoke izicathulo kuphela ngeesokisi ezijikeleziweyo. Yaye ubude beembadada babonisa izinga lokuhlonipha uhlobo lomnini. Iziqhwaba eziqhelekileyo zifake izicathulo eziyingxenye eyodwa neyesentimitha zikhulu kunokuba ubukhulu bokwenene benyawo. Iibhononxi zambatha izicathulo ezimbini ubude obude, kunye neenkosana ngamasentimitha amathathu. Ukuze angakhubeki kwaye angabambeleli kwizandla zomlenze onobude, abahloniphekileyo babopha intonga eboshiweyo yengubo emlenzeni ngokuncedwa ngamawele.
Kwalandelayo, inkulungwane ye-XV, ubomi bobukhosi buye buthaka. Iikhatyuka zaba zifutshane kwaye zininzi. Ukuze banike ubabalo kwizihlangu, abacengezeli baqalisa ukubethelela izithende ngeenkuni. Izicathulo zabesifazane azizange zivelele. Ukuziphatha kweso sihlandlo akuzange kuvumeleke abafazi abahloniphekileyo ukuba babonise iindidi zezihlangu. Kodwa abantu banako ukukhangela bonke. Kwakulo xesha kwaqaliswa isithende esibomvu esahlukileyo, esabonakalisa abantu abavela kwimvelaphi ehloniphekileyo kubantu bezinye iiklasi.
Ixesha elilandelayo lembali lingabizwa ngokuba lixesha leBaroque. Ngeli xesha, igosa laseFransi lefashini, lingabonakali ngathi lilo ligosa laseFransi. Wazisa iibhulukhwe ezincinci zebhokisi nge-dial-izithende kwifashoni. Injongo yalezi zithende kukunceda ngokukhwela. Ngoncedo lwabo, umgibeli wayebambelele kwisiphumo esingcono. Ngelo xesha kwimoya kwakungeyona nje impi kuphela, kodwa neebhotile zelizwe. Le fashoni yahlala kwada kwaphela ekupheleni kweXVII inkulungwane.
Ngelo xesha, kwakukho izihlangu ezintsha - izicathulo, ezifana nezicathulo zabantu zamanje. Babegqoke ngeempahla ezide zenziwe zibophe imilenze yazo. Ngelo xesha, amasiko ayenzileyo. Ngoku iingubo zabesifazane zincinci kwaye zincinci. Oku kwanikezela amandla ekuphuhlisweni kwezicathulo zabasetyhini. Ngoku imilenze yabasetyhini baye bazikhulula ezicathulweni ezinokugqithisa kwiindawo ezinzima zokhuni kunye nezithende ezifanayo. Izicathulo ezintle ezenziwe ngelikalika, i-brocade, i-velvet, ehlotshiswe ngeempahla zokugcoba, amatye anqabileyo aboniswe. Ngomnyaka we-1680, iifashoni zazisa izithende eziphakamileyo kunye nezincinci ezithatyathwa ngabasetyhini kuphela kwimiba. Amadoda ayengafuni ukugubha emva kwesiqingatha esihle, kwaye abuye afake izicathulo ngeesithende. Kwaye kwangoko yaqalisa ukukhutshwa kwemimiselo yamakhosi, eyayibeka ukuphakama kwesithende ibekwe kwindawo nganye. Ngokwemvelo, iphakamileyo imeko, iphezulu isithende.
Ngokuhamba kwexesha, imfashini yaqala ukuquka izicathulo ezinokwakheka. Kancinci, inxalenye ephezulu yanda kwaye yanda, kwaye inxalenye engaphantsi yancipha. Kwiminyaka engama-20 yekhulu le-XVI yayincinci kangangokuba kwakunzima ukugcina ezinyaweni. Ngoko ke, izicathulo zazixhomekeke kunye nezibophelelo ezikhethekileyo. Izicathulo zenziwe nge-velvet, isiliki, isikhumba. Umbala weembadada wawuhlukile: obomvu, ophuzi, omhlophe, obuluhlaza nabanye. Musa ukutshabalalisa kunye neebhotile ngeempumlo ezisikiweyo zesikhumba, kodwa zithwele kakhulu ukukhwela.
Utshintsho olubalulekileyo kwintambo yejazi lwenzeka kuphela kwi-XVII inkulungwane. Kwaye abaqalisi bezinto ezintsha babuye baseFrentshi. Ngeli xesha, umnqweno we-trendsetter nguLouis XIV. Le ndoda yayingumthandi okhweleyo wokukhwela ihashe, kwaye kuye kwavelisa izibhatshi ezikhethekileyo nge-bootlegs ebanzi . Iingqungquthela zeebhuthi zazixutywe nge-lace. Imibala ayithandayo iyabomvu kwaye iphuzi. Emva kwexesha, i-chocolate, emhlophe, kunye neebhotile ezimnyama zafika kwifashishini. Izicathulo nezicathulo zigqithiswe kuphela kwiimeko ezikhethekileyo, ezibukhali. Emva kwexesha, izicathulo zaqala ukucotywa kwi-satin emhlophe enezithende ezimfusa kunye nee-rosettes ezinkulu. Ukukhusela izicathulo ngexesha lemvula, iimpahla ezinqabileyo zesikhumba zazigqityiwe okanye zongezelelwe iingubo zokhuni. Ngekhulu le-XVIII, ngexesha le-rococo, imfashini yabuyela kwipenitshala ebukhali. Ngexesha elifanayo, ingqalelo ehlawulwa kwizinto zokuzihombisa kunye nemihlobiso. Kukho izikhwebu ezinzima, ukukhwela kunye nokuguqa phezulu.
Akuyena wonke umntu owaziyo ukugqoka nokugqoka kwixesha elidlulileyo, kodwa iindawo eziphambili ezenziwe ngemfesane zichazwa ngabadumi beembali-nkcukacha, zimelelwe kwiimyuziyam, ezichazwe kwimifanekiso.