“Sumptuary laws were passed to regulate fashions, particularly those of the third order.37 Rising standards of living and Epicurean attitudes had produced… — Robert Steven Gottfried Fashion Copy Share Image
“but pauperization cut into the spending power of all but the elite. Demand from great lords for luxury goods remained high, but… — Robert Steven Gottfried Copy Share Image
“Plague did not honor social class, and mortality among the nobility approximated that of the general population.” — Robert Steven Gottfried Death Copy Share Image
