The Importation of Silk Act 1482 (
22 Edw. 4. c. 3) was an
Act of the
Parliament
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of
England
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passed during the reign of
Edward IV
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.
The Act prohibited the importation of foreign-made silk in order to protect the English silk industry.
[William Cunningham, ''The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the Early and Middle Ages. Fifth Edition'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915), p. 429.]
Notes
Acts of the Parliament of England
1482 in England
Protectionism
1480s in law
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