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| 1311 | The Council of Ravenna repeats a traditional medieval requirement that Jews wear a distinguishing sign on their clothes. These measures continue to be unpopular and largely disregarded by populations throughout Italy. |
| 1348 | The bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, strikes Europe. |
| c. 1350 | The hemlines of men's jupons or doublets begin to rise in France to scandalous levels; women's bust lines, on the other hand, start to plunge. |
| 1373 | The city of Florence passes stricter sumptuary laws (laws designed to curtail luxury in dress) aimed at women. |
| 1405 | In her Book of the City of Ladies, Christine de Pizan praises women's love of fashion. |
| 1416 | Giacoma della Marca takes clerical orders in Italy. Della Marca's fiery sermons delivered over the next sixty years are typical of the fifteenth-century Franciscans, who favored restraint in dress and the adoption of a strict system of dress codes to... |
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