What Is a Duvet?
6. The Vikings Used Them
Duvets have been around for a long time, and it is thought that even the Vikings would have used them. Vikings may have been tough people, but they come from very cold lands, and even the toughest of people can suffer if they are too cold.
Vikings had an answer to the problem though, and that was to get snuggled under a warm duvet at night. Such was the warmth from Viking duvets that they would sleep in them naked, despite the freezing conditions of Northern Europe. It was in the 16th century that the wealthy would begin using duvets themselves, and their popularity spread throughout continental Europe.
