1651 Sumptuary Regulations in New England, Illuminated Social Norms, Essential, Interconnected.
“You seem to imagine that happiness consists in luxury and extravagance. But my belief is that to have no wants is divine; to have as few as possible comes next to the divine; and as that which is divine is supreme, so that which approaches nearest to its nature is nearest to the supreme.”
~ Xenophon, Socrates speaking to Antiphon in Memorabilia (circa 4th century BC)
Noel Cox examines ‘Tudor Sumptuary Laws & Academical Dress’ in this Excellent Supplement. The Sumptuary Regulations in New England derived themselves from previous such laws & precedents, & so this piece gives much-needed historical context.
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