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The seventh-century BC law-text of Locrians by Zaleucus, the first written 'law code' in Ancient Greece, stipulated: . A free-born woman may not be accompanied by more than one female slave, unless she is drunk; she may not leave the city during the night, unless she is planning to commit adultery; she may not wear gold jewelry or a garment with a purple border, unless she is a courtesan; and ...
Elizabethan sumptuary laws were used to control behaviour and to ensure that a specific social structure was maintained. These rules were well known by all the English people and penalties for violating these sumptuary laws included harsh fines. Most of the time they ended in the loss of property, title and even life. [9]
These laws dictated which classes of people could obtain and wear certain types of clothing. The laws were based on a hierarchy of wealth or status. These laws are sometimes labelled as sumptuary laws. The first English sumptuary law was passed in 1337, banning clothing made out of any foreign (non-English) materials to be worn. [13]
Spanish law does not have any national article that prohibits public nudity. However, local laws have been introduced and Barcelona for example has banned nudity or semi-nudity on its streets. [45] Local fines may apply – in Barcelona from €120 to €500, in Mallorca, Alicante and Malaga up to €700. Sudan.
Status: Repealed. A Statute Concerning Diet and Apparel (37 Edw. 3. cc. 1, 3 - 19) (Latin: Statut' de Victu et Vestitu) was a sumptuary law introduced by the Parliament of England in 1363. It was one of a series of laws over a couple of centuries that form what are known as the Acts of Apparel. The act detailed the style of dress that people of ...
[41] [42] [43] The blue laws that apply in Bergen County are state laws from which all 20 other counties in the state have opted out. [44] The county, part of the New York metropolitan area, has one of the largest concentrations of enclosed retail shopping malls of any county in the nation; five major malls lie within the county.
The Act of Uniformity 1558 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1559, [c] to regularise prayer, divine worship and the administration of the sacraments in the Church of England. In so doing, it mandated worship according to the attached 1559 Book of Common Prayer. The Act was part of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement in England ...
The vestments controversy or vestarian controversy arose in the English Reformation, ostensibly concerning vestments or clerical dress. Initiated by John Hooper 's rejection of clerical vestments in the Church of England under Edward VI as described by the 1549 Book of Common Prayer and 1550 ordinal, it was later revived under Elizabeth I.