My parents found a shoe similar to this in their house as it was renovated.
Probably not Medieval as the last known occupants were from the Victorian era, but the shoe was built into the foundations to protect from evil spirits 👻
I wonder how people with flat feet (waves hand) managed shoes back then. It kinda looks like Dutch klompen could be easily carved to accommodate that, but what about leather shoes like these?
Flat feet are mostly a combination of weight and foot musculature, afaik. Ancient people were generally shorter and therefore lighter, and they walked a lot more than we do. It was probably an issue for some people, but not nearly as many as today
Since the dawn of time, men have always wanted people to think their feet are bigger than they really are.
I will never understand short people
These canoes at the ends of my legs are ungainly at best
I’m Indigenous Canadian and the traditional footwear we grew up with was moccasins … animal hide wrapped almost like a bundle to wrap the entire foot. In the winter time, it’s actually several layers of hides, cloth, and any material at hand where you wrap your foot in the same way as one moccassin, then do it again and again until you build up three, four or five layers, depending on how cold it was. Then you ended up with footwear that looked like a thumbless mitten at the end of your leg.
