Czupryna

Some of the earliest mentions of the "Polish halfshaven head" from the Middle Ages were written by an anonymous Franciscan in 1308,[1] Wincenty from Kielcza[2] (half of 13th century), and Austrian poet Zygfryd Helbling (end of 13th century),[3][4] who was swearing on Polish and Czech influences.

Graphic sources include the paten (half of 13th century) from Płock Cathedral commissioned by Konrad Mazowiecki, and the paten commissioned by Mieszko the Old (year 1195)[5] for the Cistercian monastery in Ląd, and the floor from Wiślica (years 1175-1180).

[8] By "Slavic lands" he meant the area from Saxony to Ruthenia and from Dalmatia, Carinthia and Serbia to the Baltic Sea.

Saxo Grammaticus also wrote about shaven heads and the dislike of beards when writing about the Slavic temple of Arkona (Jaromarsburg).

The existence of the czupryna amongst the Polabian Slav territories is clearly attested by many archaeological discoveries.

One of Sachsenspiegel 's illustrations. A Wend stands at the left, gesturing that he does not understand the speech. He has a halfshaven head and characteristically wrapped legs, like all the Wends in the Sachsenspiegel .
Henry I the Bearded and Jadwiga of Andechs wedding, 14th century Poles are on the left, with halfshaven heads. Medieval Poles didn't like long hair: Henry's beard was so strange to them that he was even called "the Bearded".
Stanisław Koniecpolski
Stanisław Koniecpolski , 17th century
The Last of Nieczujas
Another illustration of Wends from Sachsenspiegel .
Stanisław Koniecpolski
Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski, circa 1690
Stanisław Koniecpolski
Jerzy Ossoliński, circa 1635. Another popular, later version of halfshaven haircut with a tuft on the top.