Heavy double shoe
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Heavy double shoe |
| Use: | armor |
| Working time: | around 14th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Europe , armory |
| Distribution: | Europe |
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A heavy double shoe is part of a European tournament armor .
description
A heavy double shoe is usually made of iron or steel . It's roughly the same shape as a normal shoe, with a heel , tongue and sole , the only difference is the material. It was worked so that it could be worn over a common armor shoe. The heavy double shoe was used to protect the feet during the tournament. During the tournament and the jump-off ( joust ), opponents rode towards each other along a type of wooden fence called a plank . While riding or when riders collided, it often happened that a foot was pressed against this plank. These shoes were developed to protect the foot from this type of injury. However, they did not last long because they were heavy, bulky, and uncomfortable.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wendelin Boeheim: Handbook of Armament. Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-201-00257-7 , pp. 568-569. (Reprint of the Leipzig edition 1890)
literature
- Wendelin Boeheim : Armory: the historical development up to the end of the 18th century. Verlag Gerstenberg, 1984, ISBN 3-8067-2020-7 .
- Google Books text excerpt with picture