Sumptuary Laws
A "sumptuary law" is a law that seeks to regulate or limit consumption or wearing specific items. Historically, sumptuary laws were commonly used in the Late Middle Ages to limit demand for foreign goods, or to prevent commoners from imitating nobility. In the Current Middle Ages, sumptuary laws are generally used to reserve specific items of clothing or display to specific sets of people. The Society-wide sumptuary laws are regulated by the College of Arms.
Society-wide Sumptuary Laws
The College of Arms maintains the full list in the official Ordinary and Armorial. The areas in which questions often arise are:
- The Kingdom Crowns are worn only by the King and Queen of the Kingdom
- White Belts are reserved to Knights
- White Baldrics are reserved to Masters of Arms
- Circlets of Roses are reserved to
Kingdom Sumptuary Laws
Many kingdoms of the Known World have sumptuary laws, usually included as part of their Kingdom Laws. Caid has no sumptuary laws beyond those defined in Corpora and by the Society College of Arms. People who move to Caid from elsewhere sometimes mistake the laws of their prior kingdom as being true in Caid, as well.
The most common areas of sumptuary laws are: Circlets and Coronets Belt Colors
