A short social and psycho-sexual history of long toed shoes

1. Cameron Kippen
toeslayer2000@yahoo.com.au

2.  In twelfth century the
influence of Islam
permeated into European
Court culture.
 Returning crusaders
adapted Islamic stories
and philosophies and the
origins of chivalry and
courtly love are thought
to come from this time
period.

3. “
E d`amor mou castitaz“
(From love comes chastity)
 The relationship was
always illicit i.e. the
woman was the wife of
another, often a lord or
patron.
 Consummation of
courtly love was
virtually impossible.

4.  Domnei - Gazing on a
partly or fully undressed
lady.
 Donnoi - A courting
couple shared a bed but
avoiding penetrative
intercourse.
By these means the male
lover proved his depth of
his love.

5. The Chastity Belt
Long toed shoes

6. Long Toed Shoes
24 inches longer than the foot

7. Syphilis
 Historians accept bacterium
treponema palladium
existed in Europe prior to
the 15th century.
 During the 16th century a
syphilis epidemic spread
throughout the Old World.
 The presence of the pox
and the knowledge of its
transmission gave good
reason to influence sexual
practice.

8. Tabes Dorsalis General paresis of the
insane
Syphilitic myelopathy causes
muscle weakness and when combined
with lack of sensations this creates
coordination difficulties resulting in
problems of wide based
walking.
The progressive locomotor ataxia
causes people to stoop forward and
walk with a wide based, "high-
stepping“ gait.
Brain damage causing
impaired mental function
with serious personality and
delusional behaviours.
This often leaves the person a
semi imbecile

9. When the King was a
Syphilitic, semi-imbecile,
the court jester served
as a useful distraction.
The presence of a Fool
disarmed criticism by
making the King look
More normal.

10. In both occidental
and oriental
societies
masturbation with
feet and shoes may
have provided
protection from
sexually transmitted
diseases.

11. A Charcot foot
This describes a
progressive
deterioration of weight-
bearing joints, usually in
The foot or ankle.

12. In the 16th century
records, archives and dated
paintings confirm the fashion
for extremely broad shoes
(Bears Paw) became vogue
across Europe in a very short
space of time.
The broad shoes boasted of
individual compartments for
each toe and would have
been ideal to accommodate
Charcot Foot.

13. Sincere thanks
To all sources who made
this presentation not
only possible, but more
importantly, plausible.

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