Jacobean Period
By the reign of James I boots had replaced shoes as the most popular footwear among the upper classes who often wore them indoors, even with spurs. By the 1620s they resembled the boots worn by the Three Musketeers, with a flared bucket-shaped top and high wooden heels similar to those on cowboy boots.
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