In fact, most men from the 9th to the 15th century had long hair, at least as long as the shawl, according to knights.

However, the "haircut style" of priests in the 8th century AD was Mediterranean.

Christian monks in the early Middle Ages also shaved their hair like Buddhists. At first, they simply shaved their heads. Later, church organizations developed in Western Europe, where farmers also shaved their hair short. In this way, the priests' bald heads lost their symbolic function, so the flower was invented. The so-called "St. Peter's hairstyle" (also called the crown hairstyle) has become a distinctive status symbol, which was still used throughout the Middle Ages