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... latter and has raised the average age at which marriages are concluded . The marriage rate varies greatly in different European countries , as appears from the follow- ing figures , which give the annual number of mar- riages per 10,000 ...
... latter and has raised the average age at which marriages are concluded . The marriage rate varies greatly in different European countries , as appears from the follow- ing figures , which give the annual number of mar- riages per 10,000 ...
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... latter are not married at all in the legal sense of the term , their union is looked upon as im- moral , and their children are illegitimate . But besides the ceremony that is indispensable for the conclusion of a valid marriage , there ...
... latter are not married at all in the legal sense of the term , their union is looked upon as im- moral , and their children are illegitimate . But besides the ceremony that is indispensable for the conclusion of a valid marriage , there ...
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... latter stage of it , since a pregnant woman is re- garded as unclean , and after child - birth until the child is weaned ; and the latter injunction is the more severe as the suckling - time often lasts for two or three and occasionally ...
... latter stage of it , since a pregnant woman is re- garded as unclean , and after child - birth until the child is weaned ; and the latter injunction is the more severe as the suckling - time often lasts for two or three and occasionally ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE I | 1 |
THE FREQUENCY OF MARRIAGE | 9 |
ENDOGAMY | 18 |
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According adultery allowed ancient ancient Greece Aryan Australian aborigines betrothal bride and bridegroom bride price British East Africa brothers canon law castes cause of polygyny celibacy century Christian Church civilisation clan concubinage consent contracting a marriage Council of Trent countries custom daughter duty endogamous endogamy England Europe evil influences existence exogamous rules father feeling female form of marriage frequently girl Greece groom Hindu husband incest incestuous India Indo-European intercourse large number latter live Lord Bryce male marriage by capture marriage by purchase marriage portion marriage rites matrimonial mode of contracting monogamy Morocco mother Muhammadan number of marriages number of wives offspring parents parties polyandry polygyny practice prevailed primitive prohibited promiscuity races recognised regarded relatives return gift riage Roman savage Scotland Serbia sexual instinct sexual relations shortbread social supposed Teutonic Tibet tion tribes uncivilised union valid various wedding wife woman women