Show From Sandals to Shoes Tho first foot coverings were sandals sand-als After these came shoes left open at the toes then tho wooden shoes of tho ninth and tenth centuries followed fol-lowed a little later by shoes with long pointed and turnednp toes which sometimes reached as high as tho knee Later a shoe was worn with an exceedingly wide too so very wldo that it Impeded tho process of walking Queen Mary restricted the wearing of this by proclamations Tho proclamation ran to tho effect that shoes should not bo worn wider than six inches |