sumptuary law

Japanese: sumptuary law(英語表記)sumptuarylaw
sumptuary law

…However, when we look at this in Europe, the relationship between clothing and the class system was strongly recognized, and clothing in daily life was regulated in detail mainly from the 14th to 18th centuries, when the medieval class system began to loosen. Usually, such regulations form the core of laws collectively known as "sumptuary laws." The purpose of these laws was that each class had appropriate clothing, and that wearing clothes beyond one's station was "luxury" and an act of exceeding one's authority. …

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Japanese:

…しかしこれをヨーロッパにおいて見てみると,服飾と身分制秩序とのかかわり合いが強く意識され,日常生活の服飾が細かく規制されたのは,中世的な身分制秩序が弛緩しはじめた主として14~18世紀である。ふつう,こうした規制は〈奢侈(しやし)禁止法(ぜいたく禁止法)sumptuary law〉として一括される諸法の中心をなしている。それぞれの身分には,それにふさわしい服飾があり,分を超えた服装をすることは〈奢侈〉であり,越権行為であるというのが,こうした法令の趣旨である。…

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