Black Hat Movement: Difference between revisions

=== Origin ===

The Black Hat Movement was ideologically based upon the writings and theories of a royal scholar named Aldebrand Bösch. Bösch wrote several works on his theories, such as ''Theorien det Monarchie'' and ''Das Wahlrecht'', which expressed his anti-monarchical sentiments. After the execution of Bösch for charges of treason, many other noblemen, such as Erwin Kooning and Duncan Lied, began to wear black hats in solidarity with Bösch and his beliefs.

Bösch’s choice to wear a Black Hat in the presence of other noblemen became an iconic idiosyncrasy of Bösch, and would later become an iconic symbol of the Black Hat Movement. In memoirs written by Bösch, he explained that he wore a black hat in protest to the King’s Courtly Dress Code, in which noblemen were mandated to wear white hats. Bösch wrote that he found the dress codes ridiculous, and wore a black hat to every consecutive formal meeting from then onward.