Chapter 12: The Hammer
Fifty years ago, at a wedding in the territory of the Earl of Menai, in front of the mountains, a few serfs from the Greenheart Monastery, fueled by drink, went wild and hung a "peasant shoe" at the top of a tall pole in front of the Monastery.
As the name suggests, a peasant shoe is the type of shoe worn by peasants.
Unlike the high boots that represent knights and lords, peasant shoes have no bootlegs but are tied to the lower leg with straps.
Hanging the shoe was originally just a crude joke, but the abbot of the Monastery, the elderly Earl of Menai, and the local municipal officials took the matter very seriously.
They came with soldiers and gathered the serfs, proclaiming that hanging the peasant shoe was a grievous insult.
After the lords' admonition, the serfs took down the shoe from the pole.
Why would such dignitaries as the abbot and the Earl be frightened by a pair of shoes?