Matthew McCormack is Professor of History at the University of Northampton, UK, course leader for MA History and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Higher Education Academy. His previous books include The Independent Man, Embodying the Militia in Georgian England and Citizenship and Gender in Britain, 1688-1928. He edited the ‘Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies’ (2015-20). He regularly blogs, and tweets at @historymatt.

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Georgian men and their shoes2 Shoes and the body 3 Shoes and politics4 Boots and masculinity5 Gout shoes and disability6 Dancing feet7 The soldier’s shoeConclusion: Wearing Georgian shoesSelect bibliographyIndex

Accessibly written [and] impressively illustrated with rare surviving objects … While these rugged artefacts may not be as swoon-worthy as women's shoes, in McCormack's hands, they are no less compelling.

Matthew McCormack is Professor of History at the University of Northampton, UK, course leader for MA History and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Higher Education Academy. His previous books include The Independent Man, Embodying the Militia in Georgian England and Citizenship and Gender in Britain, 1688-1928. He edited the ‘Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies’ (2015-20). He regularly blogs, and tweets at @historymatt.

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Georgian men and their shoes2 Shoes and the body 3 Shoes and politics4 Boots and masculinity5 Gout shoes and disability6 Dancing feet7 The soldier’s shoeConclusion: Wearing Georgian shoesSelect bibliographyIndex

Accessibly written [and] impressively illustrated with rare surviving objects … While these rugged artefacts may not be as swoon-worthy as women's shoes, in McCormack's hands, they are no less compelling.

Matthew McCormack is Professor of History at the University of Northampton, UK, course leader for MA History and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Higher Education Academy. His previous books include The Independent Man, Embodying the Militia in Georgian England and Citizenship and Gender in Britain, 1688-1928. He edited the ‘Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies’ (2015-20). He regularly blogs, and tweets at @historymatt.

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Georgian men and their shoes2 Shoes and the body 3 Shoes and politics4 Boots and masculinity5 Gout shoes and disability6 Dancing feet7 The soldier’s shoeConclusion: Wearing Georgian shoesSelect bibliographyIndex

Accessibly written [and] impressively illustrated with rare surviving objects … While these rugged artefacts may not be as swoon-worthy as women's shoes, in McCormack's hands, they are no less compelling.