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Sumptuary laws were enacted in many centuries and countries. In Elizabethan England, these laws attempted to restrict the sumptuousness of dress in order to curb extravagance, protect fortunes, and make clear the necessary and appropriate distinctions between levels of society.
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Visit this site dedicated to providing information about Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws.Fast and accurate details and facts about the history of Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws.Learn the facts about Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws. ... English Sumptuary Laws;
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Stimpzilla's Sumptuary Law ... Always Dress Above Your Station ... Renaissance Tudor Jewelry...
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The Sumptuary Laws were a set of laws that prevented extravagance in private life by limiting expenditure for clothing, food and furniture. These laws were made to control behaviour such as: wearing certain apparel, consuming certain foods and beverages (usually of alcoholic nature) and, hunting game in certain areas.
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The sumptuary laws most often discussed in books on dress and costume are, naturally, those that deal with dress and costume. ... Right: Prohibited! Sumptuary laws prohibited the wearing of certain fabrics, such as silk, velvet and brocades, based on one's class or income (author's photo).
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A common topic of conversation among newbies and on the SCA-Garb list is that of sumptuary laws. In period, particularly later in period, some cities and countries had laws enacted restricting what clothing, fabric, furs, lengths of trains, jewelry, etc, could be worn by different classes of people.
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Sumptuary laws concerning restrictions on clothing and dress in Renaissance Elizabethan England ... Sumptuary Laws in England ... One noteable feature of the renaissance was the rise of the merchant, or middle classes. These men and women had done well for themselves, usually owned their own property and had money to...
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Despite the obvious expense, Venetian sumptuary laws (laws regulating expenditure on luxuries) did not address the issue of exaggerated footwear until it reached dangerous proportions.
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Sumptuary laws are laws that were passed in England and Europe, from about the mid 1300s, to the mid 1600s, devised to control all sorts of behavior, from the wearing of certain apparel to the consumption of certain foods, beverages, (usually of an alcoholic nature), and other miscellaneous products, to gaming and hunting.
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