Editing Button (section)

===Middle Ages===
It has been proposed that the European [[Crusades|Crusaders]] brought the innovation of the [[buttonhole]] back from the Middle East, allowing for more fitted garments for men. About this time, the [[Vikings]] were also using buttons, which they had come across through their trading partners.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=Elizabeth |title=The Big Book of Buttons: The Encyclopedia of Button History, Design, and Identification |last2=Lester |first2=Marion |publisher=St. Johann Press |year=2010 |isbn=9781878282712 |edition=2nd |location=Haworth, NJ |language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|page=xix}} Prior to the introduction of the buttonhole, two pieces of fabric were butted together, rather than overlapped, and toggles, belts, or lacings were used.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Fink |first=Nancy |title=Buttons: the collector's guide to selecting, restoring and enjoying new and vintage buttons |last2=Ditzler |first2=Maryalice |date=1993 |publisher=Courage Books |isbn=978-1-56138-215-6 |location=Philadelphia, PA}}</ref>{{Rp|page=9}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Godoroja |first=Lucy |title=All Buttons Great and Small |publisher=Exisle |year=2023 |isbn=9781925820836 |location=Chatswood, Australia |pages= |language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|page=19}} The growing importance of buttons was marked by the establishment of button making [[Guild|guilds]] in the 13th century. Initially, [[Louis IX of France|King Louis IX]] of France included button makers in the established [[Rosary and scapular|rosary]] makers guild, but later regulations categorized button makers in three categories: those who worked in horn, [[bone]], and [[ivory]], those who used metals, and makers who used precious metals and glass.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|pages=19-20}}

[[File:Doublet.jpg|thumb|a doublet, a close fitting men's jacket worn in the Renaissance]]