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... the military class . to marry foreign women taken in war , contrary to the law that forbade intermarriage with the Gentiles . According to the laws of Manu , the mythical Hindu legislator , one of the eight legal modes MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE.
... the military class . to marry foreign women taken in war , contrary to the law that forbade intermarriage with the Gentiles . According to the laws of Manu , the mythical Hindu legislator , one of the eight legal modes MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE.
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... marriage by capture at one time existed through- out Greece , and reminiscences of it are preserved in the traditions of the early Romans . The ancient Teutons frequently captured women for wives ; in their earliest written laws the ...
... marriage by capture at one time existed through- out Greece , and reminiscences of it are preserved in the traditions of the early Romans . The ancient Teutons frequently captured women for wives ; in their earliest written laws the ...
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Edward Westermarck. erally speaking , marriage by capture is chiefly practised either as an incident of war or as a way of acquiring a wife when it is ... capture has been supposed to derive support from some very MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE 4I.
Edward Westermarck. erally speaking , marriage by capture is chiefly practised either as an incident of war or as a way of acquiring a wife when it is ... capture has been supposed to derive support from some very MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE 4I.
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