TY - JOUR AU - Kirtio, Leah PY - 2012/01/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - ‘The inordinate excess in apparel’: Sumptuary Legislation in Tudor England JF - Constellations JA - Constellations VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.29173/cons16283 UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/constellations/index.php/constellations/article/view/16283 SP - AB - <p><span>The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of sumptuary legislation in sixteenth century England. It argues that the aims of sumptuary legislation were threefold: that legislators sought to maintain the stability of the common weal through social regulation, moral regulation through the </span><span>moralization of luxury goods, and to regulate England’s economy, by </span><span>prohibiting foreign trade in luxury goods, in order to stimulate the home economy and the burgeoning wool and stocking trade. </span></p> ER -