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Sumptuary law
Any law designed to restrict excessive personal expenditures in the interest of preventing extravagance and luxury. The term denotes regulations restricting extravagance in food, drink, dress, and household equipment, usually on religious or moral grounds.
They were enacted to enforce order and obedience to the Crown and to allow the assessment of status at a glance.
There were three class structures:
HIGH CLASS - Monarchy-Rulers
- Nobility
- Gentry-Aristocrats
- knights
MIDDLE CLASS - Merchants-salesmen
- Yeomen-farmers
LOW CLASS - Peasants-poor
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Elise Black is a peasant who lost her family in a tragic public beating and was later handed off to her aunt and uncle, who were one of the richest merchants in the kingdom. They were situated in the upper middle class of society.
A few years have passed, and Elise has grown up working for her aunt and uncle in exchange for shelter, sustenance, and family relations.
Elise had never wanted anything before in her entire existence more than the moment she saw him. Her whole world quite literally changed, but it won't end well, Elise too knows it.