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Medieval conspicuous consumption?

My first thought looking at the examples in the article was that the soles of the shoes don't look much thicker than the uppers.

I read an article not too long ago about how the medieval walking style was different than today. The author believed it was more "toe-centered" [0] primarily because of thin-soled shoes.

[0] http://mentalfloss.com/article/505105/why-people-walked-diff...



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