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Shoes and Pattens

Grew, Francis

New in paperback. The rich waterlogged deposits of the river Thames have yielded over 2000 remarkably well-preserved shoes over the last thirty years. These have allowed the authors to establish a full chronology of shoe fashion in England between the 12th and 15th centuries. First published in 1988, this authoritative and highly useful study, which also serves as a valuable reference tool for medieval archaeologists, researchers and reinactors, has now been made available again. Focusing throughout on finds recovered from securely dated contexts, sections examine shoemaking and cobbling, decoration and fittings, repairs, wooden and leather pattens, wear patterns and foot deformities, literary parallels and status. Archaeological contexts and conservation issues are presneted in appendices. The brief new introduction highlights recent discoveries and updates the bibliography. Summaries in French and German. 145p 165 b/w illus, tbs (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 2, HMSO 1988, Boydell new edn 2001, pb 2006)

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