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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/BankApprehensive2514 on 2023-08-17 19:58:29+00:00.

Men in the church dominated everything while women were suppressed. If women couldn’t be as decadent/bejeweled as men, wouldn’t their status have to be shown by what they were allowed to have? AKA, their clothes?