https://le-magasin.co.uk/tag/poulaines/ Recent content in Poulaines on Le Magasin Hugo en-GB Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:44:08 +0000 https://le-magasin.co.uk/pointy-poulaines-caused-bunions-in-medieval-europe-smart-news.html Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:44:08 +0000 https://le-magasin.co.uk/pointy-poulaines-caused-bunions-in-medieval-europe-smart-news.html <div> <p>During the 14th century, a quirky <a href="https://le-magasin.co.uk/">fashion</a> craze swept Europe’s wealthiest off their feet. Rejecting the functional, round-toed footwear of the past, lords and ladies donned <a href="#">crakows</a>, or <a href="#">poulaines</a>—shoes with <a href="#">extraordinarily long toes</a> that tapered to an elegant point.</p> <p>A new study from scholars in England and Scotland suggests that high society’s statement footwear toed the line between fashion and injury. Writing in the <em><a href="#">International Journal of Paleopathology</a>, </em>the team reports that the rise of elongated shoes in late medieval Cambridge led to a sharp increase in <em>hallux valgus</em> of the big toe, or <a href="#">bunions</a>.</p>