Sumptuary laws
A) made excessive gluttony a crime.
B) prohibited anyone who was not wealthy and prominent from wearing fine clothes.
C) criminalized frivolity on the Sabbath.
D) provided that only "visible saints" could be buried in the church cemetery.
E) made church attendance compulsory.
Ans: B) prohibited anyone who was not wealthy and prominent from wearing fine clothes.
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