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Illegal Consumption
Sumptuary laws (from Latin ) are laws that regulate consumption. ''Black's Law Dictionary'' defines them as "Laws made for the purpose of restraining luxury or extravagance, particularly against inordinate expenditures for apparel, food, furniture, or shoes, etc." Historically, they were intended to regulate and reinforce social hierarchies and morals through restrictions on clothing, food, and luxury expenditures, often depending on a person's social rank. Societies have used sumptuary laws for a variety of purposes. They were used to try to regulate the balance of trade by limiting the market for expensive imported goods. They made it easy to identify social rank and privilege, and as such could be used for social discrimination and to stabilize social hierarchies. They could also be used to prevent, or at least reduce opportunities for political bribery and corruption. The laws often prevented commoners from imitating the appearance of aristocrats, and could be used to stigm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosse Edict 1633
Bosse may refer to: * Bosse (name) * Bosse (musician), German singer and songwriter * La Bosse (other) * Benjamin Bosse High School, Evansville, IN, USA * Bosse Field, stadium for minor league baseball team in Evansville, IN, USA See also * Bossé (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Daston
Lorraine Jenifer Daston (born June 9, 1951) is an American historian of science. She is director emerita of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin, visiting professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, and an authority on early modern Europe's scientific and intellectual history. In 1993, she was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a permanent fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study. Early life and education Daston was born in 1951 in East Lansing, Michigan, to parents of Greek heritage, who named her for the muse Urania. Her father was attending Michigan State University and soon became a professor of psychology. Daston earned her BA from Harvard University in 1973, summa cum laude, after studying a variety of subjects including both science and the history of science. She then went on to earn a diploma in history and philosophy of science from the University of Cambridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
