1 / 6

Tudor Proclamations

This document details the proclamations made during Queen Elizabeth's reign concerning the regulation of apparel from 1559 to 1577. It outlines a series of revisions that provided greater clarity and detail regarding the laws, including exceptions and looser restrictions. The reasons for these laws, methods of enforcement, and consequences for violations are also discussed. These efforts highlight societal concerns over fashion, particularly the extravagant styles of the time, illustrating the tension between personal expression and social expectation.

jarvis
Télécharger la présentation

Tudor Proclamations

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Tudor Proclamations Laws against excess of apparel

  2. Proclamations & Revisions during Queen Elizabeth’s Reign • 1559, 1562, 1566, 1572, 1564, 1577 • Revisions deal with: • Providing more precise detail, exceptions, clarifications • Loosening up some restrictions • Reasons for the restrictions • Enforcement of laws • Consequences for breaking laws • New fashions

  3. “And for the reformation of the use of the monstrous and outrageous greatness of hose, crept alate into the realm to the great slander thereof, and the undoing of a number using the same, being driven for the maintenance thereof to seek such unlawful ways as by their own confession have brought them to destruction.” (189)

  4. Malvolio: Having been three months married to her, sitting in my state— Calling my officers about me, in my branched velvet gown, having come from a daybed, where I have left Olivia sleeping— “Branched”

More Related