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There were two kinds of shoe makers who made leather footwear in the Middle Ages. One was the cobbler, and the other was the cordwainer.
A cordwainer was a person who worked with soft leather, called cordovan. He or she made fine shoes for wealthy people. The cordwainer also made gloves, and other fine leather items. Cordwainers were usually in guilds, and had to be apprenticed for a long time before becoming masters. They worked in shops in towns and cities, and their shops were permanent business locations.
Cobblers were people who worked with stiff leather. They made shoes that were designed to be durable and were suitable for laborers, but they were better known as people who repaired shoes. A typical manor did not have enough work for cobblers to keep employed, so cobblers tended to be itinerant, travelling from one village to another, setting up to make or repair whatever was needed. In addition to shoes they made such leather goods as harnesses, and whatever else was needed.
There were also people who made clogs and sandals. A sandal maker was called a sandler. Aside from that, I have no information on these people.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThere really was no set salary for a medieval shopkeeper. Shopkeepers usually had more income than peasants, laborers, or itinerant workers. But they usually set their own prices and compensation, based on their ideas of what their costs were and what people were willing to pay. There was also a wide variation in the types and qualities of shops; clearly, a fine jeweler would be expected to make a lot more than a village baker.
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∙ 10y agoIn a cobblers shop.
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