Sumptuary Law in Italy 1200-1500

Although the luxurious spending habits of Italians in the Renaissance are well known, this is the first comprehensive study of the sumptuary laws that attempted to regulate the consumption of luxuries. Catherine Kovesi Killerby provides a chronological, geographical, and thematic survey of more than three hundred laws enacted in over forty cities throughout Italy, and sets them in their social context.


Author: Catherine Kovesi Killerby
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 05/23/2002
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.68w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780199247936

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