Questia Books and Articles on Similar Subjects

...speaking, the importance of marriage rites as means of studying earlier forms of marriage or relations between the...greatly exaggerated. Various rites are partly or exclusively...indulge. But dancing as a marriage rite may also, in particular...Penha, "Superstitions and Customs in Salsette," in Indian...Dark-skinned People of Africa south of the Zambesi , p...

...avoidance between relatives by marriage, i. 442 n. 1, 443 n...n. 5. Kilmeni Albania , marriage rites among the, ii. 474 n. 5, 516 . Kilwa East Africa , ii. 385 n. 2, 386 n...165 . Klovborg Denmark , marriage rite at, ii. 520 . Knots and...survival of ancient marriage customs, i. 241 , 242 , 264 ; on...

...of industrial culture. 1 Marriage is not a mere sex-relation...do not propose to discuss marriage in all its aspects, but shall...subjects:-- the origin of marriage and questions connected with...celibacy and on some marriage customs; courtship and its various...marriage portion; marriage rites; monogamy, polygyny, polyandry...

...Heloise 91, 95`1i8; their marriage and separation za, 6i, 68...Rule g5-?, m6-i8; on marriage 115, 26o-4; as sacrament 261; on sexual relations in marriage 73, 265 Achilles 223 Adam...267 Aeneas 241 aeson 241 Africa 66 Agincourt, battle of 234...

...for its great virtue in hard labour. So-called eagle stones aetites, a stone within a stone reputedly came from Cyprus or Africa but they were readily to be had in London and were strongly recommended. The seventeenthcentury midwife Jane Sharp advised...

...Court registration of the marriage, are still extremely uncommon...after having a traditional marriage, which confirms the notion that these western customs are considered merely an additional rite in the customary marriage process, and without much...payments in normative Shona marriage, the data show that only...urban Zimbabwe are roora marriages. The extent to which the...

...traditional terms of marriage: In this day and age...if you have money. Marriages are being ruined, why...There is no love in marriage other than a love of...times, elders arranged marriages in the greatest of secrecy...conferred legitimacy to a marriage and distinguished it...

...stresses the preservation of the marriage bond through reframing the...studying women and courts in Africa and elsewhere have emphasized...court hears cases concerning marriage, divorce, child custody...up in court. Although all marriages and divorces must be registered...must be presented to the marriage official before a new marriage...ambiguous term often defined as custom, was the domain of women...

...adjudicating the marital rites and rights of...evidenced through the history of Western marriage...conceptions of marriage, evidenced primarily...multi-tiered marriages, evidenced in...Kenya, and South Africa). Finally...conception of marriage and divorce law...and allowance to custom regarding marriage...statutory systems of marriage and divorce described...or tribal) marriages. (318) The...regarding customary marriage and divorce vary...when customary marriages break down, divorce...registration of marriage, reporting of...matters. C. South Africa While current...South Africas history is part of the...

...stipulates that marriage is brought into being by consent, marriages can be dissolved...Olsen traces the history of this problem...indissolubility of marriage find their counterpart...the liturgical rites for marriages. (41) Just...heritages in marriage and family...and Rome, the custom of "progressive...social role of marriage in Africa even more strongly...betrothal, forced marriages, female "barrenness...taboos and puberty rites including female...

Marriages Divorced from Reality...extravagant when it came to the marriages of his children. In...occasions in Portuguese history, a double marriage at the Spanish frontier...was customary in royal marriages for the ambassador of...

...the Act did not apply. This custom continued until quite recently...this time so that no valid marriage could be performed except...thereby placing power over marriage exclusively in the hands of...but in practice the types of marriage discussed above, known in England as `contract marriages, became increasingly unacceptable...

...relaxed in its attitude to marriage, placing no restriction...permitting both multiple marriages and the marriage of close...her security within the marriage. To produce a large brood...the tragedy of a childless marriage. Infertility was invariably...and consequently barren marriages were often cured by divorce...secretive female-controlled rite. This means that our understanding...not accorded full funerary rites; the recovery of small...

...Columns to Illuminate Changing Views on Marriage in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century...Telegraph sponsored a string of open debates on marriage through its letters to the editor columns. The Marriage Question, as it was called, was much considered...

...the First Time in U.S. History. Get me to the church on time How same-sex marriage came to the state of Massachusetts...Massachusettss ban on gay marriage after being denied marriage licenses. 5.8.2002 A...constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage but legalize civil unions...favors allowing same-sex marriages, Gov. Mitt Romney files...

...Portrait of a Very Un Orthodox Marriage; History Has Largely Erased the Role of...Iseult who also turned down his marriage proposal. They could even have...born. There was soon talk of marriage. In 1917, Yeats wrote to Lady...

...Happiest Men in the World; MAKING HISTORY: Tears and Smiles as Brett and...the Knot at Regions First Gay Marriage. Byline: By James McCarthy TEARS...Warwickshire to take part in a "gay marriage" made history yesterday. Brett Smith and Stuart...

Marriage Lines Are a Gold Mine of History. THE main way of growing...branches in it is by tracing marriages. The best way of doing this is through locating the marriage certificates of your relatives. Every marriage since 1837 has been registered...

President Abandons Marriage; Obama Divorces from Morality, Law and History. Byline: THE WASHINGTON...constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This is the...stipulates that any mention of marriage in federal law should be interpreted...

...Literary Dynasty with a Dismal History of Failed Marriages (2) REVIEW. Byline: LUCY...and he himself had seen his marriage fail when Philippa ran off...regretted the failure of his marriage. Did Juliet blame her mother...them I wasnt." But then her marriage broke up. "After I left...

...Among the Dahomey of West Africa, one woman could marry...these alliances through marriage rules. In some cases...formed a strong bond. Marriages are often arranged by...cultures practice trial marriage; the couple lives together...own household. Although marriage tends to be regarded in...they share one wife. The custom of marrying a widow to...Hebrews. In sororate marriages a widower marries his...occur in societies where marriage is seen to create an alliance...A. Westermark, The History of Human Marriage (3...

...Westermarck was an authority on the history of morals and of marriage customs, his best-known work being The History of Human Marriage, written in English (1891...it he based A Short History of Marriage (1926). He wrote several books...

...possessions. Expansion via War and Marriage Maximilians marriage (1477) to Mary of Burgundy...him (1491), disregarding her marriage by proxy to the widowed Maximilian...largest territorial inheritances in history. The double marriage of Maximilians...

...Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I ), daughter and heiress of Charles the Bold of Burgundy. The marriage of Mary was a major event in European history, for it established the Hapsburgs in the Low Countries and initiated the long rivalry between...

...friendship. His brilliant wit and savagely clever satire give him a prominent place in the history of English Restoration drama. He lost court favor by his marriage (c.1680) to the countess of Drogheda, and after her death he spent several years...