sentences:  1310) of Aragon was asked if it was permissible to wear "patines" on Shabbat, to which he replied that it was the custom of "all the wise in the land" to wear them, and certainly permitted.Since shoes of the period had thin soles, pattens were commonly used mainly because of unpaved roads and also that indoor stone floors were very cold in winter.Furthermore, refuse in cities – animal especially horse feces and human effluent (from chamber pots)– was usually thrown directly into the street (often with minimal advance warning).