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'Mayhaps these pike toes are a wee bit too long? What thinkest thou?'

---detail from a John of Gaunt (at a banquet) manuscript image ca. 1470s

#medieval humor #my edit #but want to redo it #app saved the text too blurry #15th century fashion #crackows #poulaines #pike toes #crakows #lovely chaperon on the guy at the left

Going to foolish lengths for fashion.

#links #historical fashion #crakows #poulaines #shoes #medieval #14th century #15th century #english history #french history #sumptuary laws #atlas obscura #queue

"Poulaines y Poder: Zapatos Puntiagudos como Símbolo de Estatuto en la Élite Medieval"

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#Zapatos medievales #Moda aristocrática #Simbolismo de estatus #Poulaines #Crakows #Regulaciones de vestimenta medieval #Influencia de las Cruzadas en la moda #Moda y moralidad en la Edad Media #Lujo y exceso en la vestimenta #Estratificación social a través de la moda #Artesanía en cuero medieval #Iconografía del calzado.

One thing VERY missing in the White Queen TV series...

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#the white queen #poulaines #crakows #those long pointy pike toes #it would have been far more accurate but #there would have been time lost in re teaching the actors how to frickin WALK!#lame attempt at making an ASCII character version! 😄

What's With Those Pointy Shoes?

What’s With Those Pointy Shoes?

A source of much mirth in Atkinson’s celebrated Black Adder series, pointy shoes were a real thing as attested by this Medieval manuscript detail of a royal Parisian wedding:

Source: Christophel Fine Art/UIG via Getty Images/via Atlas Obscura

Such was the fascination with them that in 1463, English monarchs felt compelled to outlaw them, since the city’s fanciest men had taken to ambling streets…

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#Atlas Obscura #Crakows #Medieval fashion #pointy shoes #Poulains #Sabrina Imbler #winklepickers