The history of linen

Linen has a very long history it was first found in Egypt about 5,000 years before Christ however, linen fabrics gets preserved worse than wool or other materials and because of this and because the linen has been found in such scares amounts it is believed that linen was more widely used before than previously thought. 

If we're talking about Europe linen has been very popular here throughout history during the Renaissance the Netherlands became famous because of its linen at the end of the 16th century linen was considered one of the most common fabrics in Europe and was grown throughout the continent but during the 17th century linen got a smaller roll due to the introduction of cotton in Sweden for example linen became very important during the Middle ages it was grown extensively in the Northern parts of Sweden many of the crops in Sweden during this time was owned by the church and during the 12th century a tax was put on to linen because of its popularity. 

Historically however linen production in Europe has been largely concentrated to the Netherlands but has today moved more eastwards towards Belarus Lithuania and Eastern Europe in general. Another fun fact is it linen is mentioned extensive beetroot the Bible this again suggest that Linen has had a very important role, especially in the Europe area. 

While on the subject of religion a fun fact related to the Jewish view on linen. It is believed that linen shall not be interwoven with other fabrics such as wool.

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