Sumptuary law- The law created in Elizabethan England Era that stated that no person was allowed to dress above their class structure.
There were three class structures and each class had its own level of authority.
HIGH CLASS - Monarchy-Rulers
- Nobility
- Gentry-Aristocrats
MIDDLE CLASS - Merchants-salesmen
- Yeomen-farmers
LOW CLASS - Peasants-poor
These class structures were everything in the 1500s. You were to obey them or be punished by public beating or worse, death. Everyone knew their place in this structure, they were taught to act accordingly.
So what happens when the son of a Gentry who is about to be appointed to Nobility this summer, falls in "poetic love" with a girl who dresses higher then she herself is worth?
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The Sumptuary Law
Fiksi SejarahElizna Roslindale is a peasant, who lost her family in a tragic public beating and was later handed off to her aunt and uncle whom were one of the richest merchants in the kingdom. They were situated in the upper middle class of society. Few years...
