Golden Jewellery was highly popular in Medieval times, worn by both men and women. It was not only a means to display wealth and social status, reflecting an intensely hierarchical and status-conscious society, but was also exchanged as tokens of love, or to ward off misfortune. Royalty and the nobility wore gold, silver and precious gems. Whilst lower ranks of society wore cheaper base metals such as copper or pewter.
Dragons were very popular within Norman mythology and were an incredibly important part of the Norse religion. Dragons were often seen to be a symbol of power, good luck, and evil. wearing or displaying a dragon motif would represent these ideologies. Research also suggests that the symbol of the dragon was used to keep other creatures and beasts away, and so suggesting that it also provides protection from what some may regard as the ‘supernatural’.
