What's New
  29 Dec 07  Ray Gosling on BBC R4 The Shoemakers
  21 Nov 07  London medieval shoemaking short course
  24 Oct 07   Medieval Tailor's Assistant  out of print.

Here you can buy your own pair of hand-stitched shoes or boots.
Leather footwear, handcrafted and hand-stitched, made from naturally tanned and naturally dyed leather and other natural materials, is distinctive and beautiful. Here you can buy your own.

The (almost) definitive history of medieval shoemaking.
How did medieval shoemaking evolve? Who made them? There are some mysteries involved, but we think we know.

Craftsmanship
Spotlights on today's makers of medieval footwear (and those of the recent past), and instructions on making your own shoes.

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