ANST - Thigh High Boots

j'lynn yeates jyeates at realtime.net
Fri Nov 19 07:01:33 PST 1999


On 19 Nov 99, at 6:20, Chris and Elisabeth Zakes wrote:

> The correct answer is "yes, but..."
> 
> They're fairly late-period and tended to be worn *only* when riding, not as a
> day-to-day fashion accessory. There's a scene in "Romeo and Juliet", for
> example, where Balthasar enters "cloaked and booted". Nothing specific is said,
> but it would be obvious to a Renaissance audience that he had just gotten off a
> horse. (For a modern analogy, think of a motorcycle helmet.)
> 
> They didn't become a fashion accessory until the 1620s or later.

if memory serves, i remember reading somewhere about norse "sea boots" that 
were often mid thigh .... think it was on one of the footware sites i collected 
during a hunt for above-the-knee boots for my riding (motorcycle) kit ... 
wanted some more thigh insulation and knee protection from road hazards 
(insects, birds, road debrie ... not to mention abrasion armour)

'wolf


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