what were the sumptuary laws in france
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The laws in France were know as sumptuary laws.!✌️✌️
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Sumptuary 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. The number of clothes that a person could buy in a year was also regulated.
The number of clothes that a person could buy in a year was also regulated. Even the fabrics that people could use for clothing was governed by law. Only the royal class wore expensive material like ermine, fur, silk, velvet and brocade which reflected aristocracy while, the lower classes were forced to wear clothes made from cheap materials. With the French Revolution, these existing dress codes began to vanish.
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