Quote Originally Posted by xena View Post
Yes, it strikes me as riding horses would be the main reason. Why exactly would she have ruled out war and warfare?

Religion as a source of pants on men doesn't make a whole lot of sense, considering the predominant European religion at the time was Christianity whose clergy and monastics all wore unbifurbicated cassocks and similar vestments.
I have no erudite or historical evidence to this opinion, but since the church controlled all part of civiliation "back then" it would make sence to me that the church would have forbidden non-religions to wear a garment that made them appear similar to the clergy. If everyone could wear a cassock what would separate the clergy from the lay? They had to have something that made them special.