Medieval Shoes

       In the medieval times, peasants used colored goat skin to make their shoes. They brought wooden frames that could be folded up easy for transporting the stall. The shoes had canvas covers just in case it started to rain. Wool was the most common type of clothing they wore. They had linen (which was made from lax), cottons, silks (imported), hemp, cheifly for canvas, fur and rope. Some shoes were made of  leather. For the Worchester boots, they may somtimes add and additional heel stiffener. Shoes with long toes began to be worn in western Europe in the 21th century. The orgins of these shoes have been, by traditon, placed on the feet of count Fulk of Anjou, and a cover up some sort of foot deformation. The pointed toe style remained popular until the 13th century, and never truly faded completely, it maintaomed a fairly standard length of not exceeding 10% of foots length.

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