Web Sites

Shoes

• Footwear of the Middle Ages (via Wayback Machine)
• Pictures of shoemakers: Marc Carlson (via Wayback Machine) and Mac
• Medieval Turn Shoes or Shoes for Everyone!
• Where Are the Elves? This site is still active, but alas, none of its pages are to be found. I found it useful and informative, even though it seems to be a neglected blog. Perhaps the individual pages will return, e.g., http://wherearetheelves.net/late-14th-century-low-shoe/
• Marquita Volken on Facebook and her Gentle Craft - Shoe Museum
• ANA Period Shoes on Facebook
• The Honourable Cordwainers' Company and The Crispin Colloquy
• Stefan's Florilegium Archive (search on keyword shoes)
• High & late medieval shoes A huge collection of medieval shoes from museums, posted on Facebook

Leather and Leatherworking

• Period Leatherworking Techniques (via Wayback Machine)
• Medieval Leatherwork
• Medieval Leatherworking (via Wayback Machine)
• Leatherworking in the Middle Ages
• Leather Types and Terminology
• The International Internet Leathercrafters' Guild
• Leather tanning - Medieval to Edwardian
• Archaeological Leather Group

Dying Leather

• "Adding Colour to a Drab Leather World," a class handout on medieval leather dyes by Dafydd ap Alan.

Databases

• Viking-Era Footwear Finder, an "interactive map of archaeological shoe finds from the Norse Sphere, c.700-1100 CE."

Last updated Sept. 19, 2022.