hoes

Shoes are one of the primary problems in medieval recreation. Most people do not know how to make shoes and so often modern equivalents are being used instead of period shoes.

However, in fact shoes are easy to make and I would like to offer some material here on how to make shoes.

Instruction material

• The making of medieval shoes (Word format)
  A tutorial by me
  (14th century and also modifications for the 12th to 15th century)

Pictures

• Low cut, 14th century shoes, medium point
• Low cut, 14th centruy shoes, short point
• Ankle boots, 14th century

Online sources

• Medieval and Postmedieval Turnshoes from Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
• Footwear in the middle ages

Downloads

• English poster presentation of the Kempten finds
• German poster presentation of the Kempten finds

Documentation (used for SCA A&S competitions)

• Red shoes (Word format)
• Ankle boots - this one was considered good if you are wondering what your documentation might want to look like (Word format)