The continuing research into medieval skeletons from Cambridge, which I have linked to before, has now revealed a consequence of men following the late medieval fashion trend for long, and longer, pointed shoes for men. Fashionable, if not always practical, they appear to have led to an increase, in contrast to earlier centuries, of men suffering from bunions in mid-life.
The article from the BBC News website about the study can be seen at Medieval pointy-toed shoes led to Cambridge bunion surge
It includes links to other studies by the Cambridge team, which in turn link to other reports from recent years from there and elsewhere, including Littlemore Priory in Oxford, regarding the analysis of excavated medieval burials.
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