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What were the sumptuary laws in france

  • (ii) These laws were meant to emphasise social hierarchy and control behaviour of those considered 'social inferiors ', i.e., the unprivileged.
  • (i) Sumptuary laws (1294 to 1789) were laws which imposed social codes of food and dress upon different strata of society in France.
  • (iii) They prevented social inferiors from wearing certain clothes and consuming certain foods and beverages associated with the aristocracy. As per these laws only royalty could wear expensive materials like ermine and fur, or silk, velvet and brocade.
  • (iv) Thus items of clothing a person could buy and use for clothing were regulated not only by income but by social rank.
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  • (i) Sumptuary laws (1294 to 1789) were laws which imposed social codes of food and dress upon different strata of society in France.
  • (ii) These laws were meant to emphasise social hierarchy and control behaviour of those considered 'social inferiors ', i.e., the unprivileged.
  • (iii) They prevented social inferiors from wearing certain clothes and consuming certain foods and beverages associated with the aristocracy. As per these laws only royalty could wear expensive materials like ermine and fur, or silk, velvet and brocade.
  • (iv) Thus items of clothing a person could buy and use for clothing were regulated not only by income but by social rank.
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Generally,the dress code were imposed upon the members of different layers of society​ through actual law called sumptuary laws. With the help of these laws there wa an attempt​ to control the behaviour of those, considered​ social infirior, preventing them​ from wearing certain clothes​, consuming​ certain foods, alcohol and also hunting game​ in certain areas​.
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