Boots...

Hugo de Stonham · Post by **Hugo de Stonham** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:13 pm

Was there any boots made around the 13th to 14th century that were not made of leather?

If being the case then what were they made of?

Grendal

Joe Skeesick · Post by **Joe Skeesick** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 12:55 pm

Eastern Europe (and beyond) certainly have a long history of felt boots from well before the 13th cent right on through modern times. It is still the prefered footware for herding Mongolians today. Can't think of anything else that "foot" the bill. [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/tongue.gif[/img]

I'm unsure how far West the felt boot tradition holds. Perhaps Russ will chime in and say if they were in Hungary or not. I can't imagine them being any further West than that however.

J

InsaneIrish · Post by **InsaneIrish** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 12:59 pm

Janos wrote----------------------------
It is still the prefered footware for herding Mongolians today.

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You wear Felt boots to herd Mongolians? How interesting. Is there more to this uniform for herding mongolians? [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/tongue.gif[/img] [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif[/img] [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
(sorry couldn't resist)

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Joe Skeesick · Post by **Joe Skeesick** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:19 pm

hehe... fair enough. It does paint an interesting mental image.

Perhaps I should of said "nomadic" Mongolians. Them fancy cityfied Mongols don't wear felt boots generally.

J

Alcyoneus · Post by **Alcyoneus** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:35 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Janos:
I'm unsure how far West the felt boot tradition holds. Perhaps Russ will chime in and say if they were in Hungary or not. I can't imagine them being any further West than that however.
J<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The Scythians had them, but that was before your time, young'n.

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Abaddon · Post by **Abaddon** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 10:35 pm

You'll have to define the word "leather".
Many boots were made of hide...that is to say, animal skin with the hair left on., either on the inside or out.
You may consider hide to be a type of leather...I don't know.
But I would call it different.