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Page 38
... widow . Its purposes were manifold . Most decisive was the belief that immortality rested in the continuation of the family line . Accordingly , if a man died without an heir , remarriage of the widow was imperative if her husband's ...
... widow . Its purposes were manifold . Most decisive was the belief that immortality rested in the continuation of the family line . Accordingly , if a man died without an heir , remarriage of the widow was imperative if her husband's ...
Page 127
... widow without children , she could remarry only with the king's permission . Sometimes the king did not even obtain the widow's consent to a marriage that he arranged . John I of England granted Richard de Lee the right to marry the widow ...
... widow without children , she could remarry only with the king's permission . Sometimes the king did not even obtain the widow's consent to a marriage that he arranged . John I of England granted Richard de Lee the right to marry the widow ...
Page 300
... widow is the only kind . of second - hand goods that will always sell at prime cost . " The economic advantages of marriage and the virtual absence of housekeepers and hired hands determined that widows and widowers did not long remain ...
... widow is the only kind . of second - hand goods that will always sell at prime cost . " The economic advantages of marriage and the virtual absence of housekeepers and hired hands determined that widows and widowers did not long remain ...
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Hebrew Marriage in the Old Testament | 34 |
Marriage among the Greeks | 47 |
Roman Marriage | 64 |
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