Why Study Sumptuary Law?

Hunt, Alan

doi:10.1057/9780333984390_1

Alan Hunt²

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Sumptuary laws came in many varieties. An English statute of 1336 required that:

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Hunt, A. (1996). Why Study Sumptuary Law?. In: Governance of the Consuming Passions. Language, Discourse, Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333984390_1

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