Until the end of the twentieth century, very little was known about medieval shoes. Glimpses in manuscript illustrations and on funerary monuments, with the occasional reference by a contemporary writer, were all that the costume historian had as evidence, not least because leather tends to perish after prolonged contact with air, and very few actual examples survived. Recently however, nearly two thousand shoes, many complete and in near-perfect condition, have been discovered preserved on the north bank of the Thames, and are now housed in the Museum of London. The collection, all from well-dated archaeological contexts, fill this vast gap in knowledge, making it possible to chart precisely the progress of shoe fashion between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries.

Francis Grew and Margrethe de Neergaard authors, published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd 2006, 145pp, s/c, b&w photos/illus

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