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New medieval shopping site Ooooooo :)
Thorsteinn:
--- Quote from: Sir William on 2015-03-11, 14:22:34 ---Thanks Sir Ian. I hoped it would be viable for 13th but knew there was small chance of that. Ah well, 15th- maybe one day. What did the folks prior to that time have against long boots? Probably the usage of so much material.
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Winnegas & other leg wraps aren't so bad, till you go to bed at night or dress in the morning.
Ian:
--- Quote from: Sir William on 2015-03-11, 14:22:34 ---Thanks Sir Ian. I hoped it would be viable for 13th but knew there was small chance of that. Ah well, 15th- maybe one day. What did the folks prior to that time have against long boots? Probably the usage of so much material.
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Ah, so I think I figured out where Boots by Bohemond got their dating. That particular find is referred to in 3 different sections of Stepping Through Time, and it's referred to as 15th century in all of them, multiple times, except one section where in the caption it says 13th century. So I think 13th century is just a typo, and Boots by Bohemond kinda ran with it.
In the book Archaelogical Footwear: Development of shoe patterns and styles from Prehistory till the 1600s, there are a few examples of higher boots from the 13th century based on finds from Oslo, Norway. They don't look nearly as fancy as the Konstanz find though. There are other examples of 13th century boots elsewhere in Stepping Through Time as wells, in particular a nice below the knee boot from Schleswig. Most medieval boots do not have any means of closure. They were just pulled on. That's why the Konstanz find is listed as an exception.
Sir William:
Stepping Through Time...I've been on there before. Need to check them out again. Thanks again, Sir Ian!
Thorsteinn, winnegas look like a pure PITA to put on and I'm assuming you'd want to roll them up like gauze when taking them off, right? That'd suck in the midst of a hall burning!
Ian:
--- Quote from: Sir William on 2015-03-12, 19:55:59 ---Stepping Through Time...I've been on there before. Need to check them out again. Thanks again, Sir Ian!
Thorsteinn, winnegas look like a pure PITA to put on and I'm assuming you'd want to roll them up like gauze when taking them off, right? That'd suck in the midst of a hall burning!
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Stepping Through Time is a book. http://www.amazon.com/Stepping-Through-Time-Archaeological-Prehistoric/dp/9089320024/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426195624&sr=8-1&keywords=stepping+through+time
Sir William:
Sorry, I was thinking of Soles through Time - http://www.solesthrutime.com/
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