It’s clothing attire that goes back all the way to the 1st Century.
Robes were common dress among the Romans.
By the 4th to 9th century clerical robes took on there own forms/styles as Christianity spread outside of the Roman Empire.
If any of you all took general histor
dz z s. y courses in college this would be common knowledge.
...Fewer, it is likely, will know why wearing a robe and an unusual hat is a symbol of having finished school.
The answer can be traced back to the origins of the first European universities, which were founded by clergy in the 12th and 13th centuries. The gowns and hoods (often brown or black in color) worn by students signified their religious status, marking their difference from the laypeople of the town in which they studied. As Columbia University points out in its history of the regalia, that means the origins of “town and gown” divides were quite literal.
“With few exceptions, the medieval scholar had taken minor religious orders, made certain vows,” according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s primer on academic garb. The hoods served to keep the scholars’ shaved heads warm. At one point, the hood is said to have been just an alms bag slung around their necks.
The gowns were also thought to be necessary to keep graduates warm in unheated buildings.
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