poulaine
Sign in to saveAlso known as pike, poulaines, pikes, cracow, cracows, cracowes, krakow, krakows
thumb|Poulaines worn in Burgundy near the end of their most fashionable period
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It is catalogued under topics including 14th-century fashion, 14th century in Europe and 15th-century fashion.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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- shoe
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- Crakows MET CI56.63.33.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Names
- History
- Design
- Toe length
- Stuffing
- Tying up the toes
- Health effects
- Related footwear
- Pattens
- Sabatons
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
thumb|Poulaines worn in Burgundy near the end of their most fashionable period
Poulaines, also known by other names, were a style of unisex footwear with extremely long toes that were fashionable in Europe at various times in the Middle Ages. The poulaine proper was a shoe or boot of soft material whose elongated toe (also known as a poulaine or pike) frequently required filling to maintain its shape. The chief vogue for poulaines spread across Europe from medieval Poland in the mid-14th century and spread across Europe, reaching upper-class England with the 1382 marriage of Richard II to Anne of Bohemia and remaining popular through most of the 15th century. Sturdier forms were used as overshoes and the sabatons of the era's armor were often done in poulaine style.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “poulaine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.