Craig Peters wrote: |
Since Manuscript Miniatures tends to show knights wearing armour, especially post 1170 AD or so when mail chausses and foot protection become more common, it's not the best resource for late 12th century footwear. You might try searching on Pinterest. Ideally, work with images that mention which manuscript the image comes from; by searching for the manuscript in Wikipedia or elsewhere, you can determine the approximate period for the shoes.
It's certainly possible to find of footwear without laces. The trickier part is finding rounded footwear, since shoes with various degrees of pointiness were all the rage in 12th century Europe. |
Going on a bit of a healthy tangent...
Did the pointed shoe policy have to do with the arabic forces?
Or why was it banned?