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What is Sumptuary and Social Hierarchy?​

Answer 1

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Sumptuary laws are laws that attempt to regulate consumption; Black's Law Dictionary defines them as "Laws made for the purpose of restraining luxury or extravagance, particularly against inordinate expenditures in the matter of apparel, food, furniture, etc.

Social stratification is a kind of social differentiation whereby members of society are grouped into socioeconomic strata, based upon their occupation and income, wealth and social status, or derived power.

Answer 2

Sumptuary laws and social hierarchy. ... These laws were known as the 'sumptuary laws'. These laws put restrictions on the lower classes of society. They prevented them from wearing certain clothes, consuming certain foods and alcohol and hunting in certain areas.