Matthew McCormack

Professor of History, University of Northampton, UK

Matthew McCormack is professor of history at the University of Northampton in the UK. His books include The Independent Man (2005), Embodying the Militia in Georgian England (2015) and Shoes and the Georgian Man (2025).

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Written by Matthew McCormack

Photo of ornate 18th-century women’s shoes with floral embroidery and green trim on a neutral background.

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Design and fashion

Walk in these

Shoes are deeply personal, literally moulded to our lives. But they create our social lives as much as express them

Matthew McCormack