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1988, 16; Schnack traditionally been or reuse, but by n finds, Christiane ing alternative that ■opean style, which found as far east as chleswig (Schnack ay have been taste, that account for ip-on shoes. Never ere comparatively ; in 13th-century one from the 15th any during the late were high-fashion ud vamp (Schnack Overall, one is still oadly similar styles ir times, but the e their distribudon ttent, indeed, can bed - in the choice iming - that would niversal styles?

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Acknowledgements

It would not have been possible to write this Introduction without the generous assistance of Olaf Goubitz, Quita Mould, June Swann and Carol van Driel-Murray. Pat Reid kindly discussed with me her research on the new finds of lOth to 12th-century footwear from London.

Addenda

For further information about the sites and their dating, see Egan & Pritchard 1991, 1-12. The three Swan Lane groups summarised in Table 21 are now phased (ibid., Fig 4): the first corresponds to Group 74, the second to Group 95 and the third to Group 103. The ‘pattens’ from BWB83 derive from a wide rangę of deposits, whose precise dates can be ascertained from the context numbers (compare information in the Concordance, pp 129-30 with Egan & Pritchard 1991, 6-8).

For shoe buckles, see also Egan & Pritchard 1991, 66-7, 86-7.

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