| Ankle shoes | Simply put, a shoe that reaches to the ankle. A plain, normal shoe. This would have been made of leather or sturdy cloth, and was made to fit the foot. Toes were often long and pointed. |
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| Boots | Boots in the Middle Ages were typically about knee-high or calf-high, and made of leather. They were normally very sturdy and worn mostly by men. |
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| Clogs, Chopines, Sabots, and Pattens | Both of these are virtually the same. They were worn
overtop a smaller shoe and made with wood, leather, or in later times,
with metal. They were intended to protect the shoes from mud and pavement.
Chopines were clogs with extremely high heels, designed to walk high above
the mud. Clog soles were made of cork Pattens were
leather or wooden clogs and the soles were shaped like the soles of the
shoes they were worn over. "Sabot" is a French term for a carved wooden shoe. These are the clogs we know today. Sabots were worn alone, rather than as an overshoe. |
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| Sandals | Do we really have to go into sandals? A sandal is simply a typically leather sole tied to the foot with straps. Some forms of sandals have straps that go all the way to the knee; some are only on the foot itself and go no higher than the ankle. |
