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Page 123
... considered an act that declared a marriage null and void because of such impediments as a previous verbal contract with another person in the present tense , consanguinity within the fourth degree , and spiritual affinity . Because the ...
... considered an act that declared a marriage null and void because of such impediments as a previous verbal contract with another person in the present tense , consanguinity within the fourth degree , and spiritual affinity . Because the ...
Page 127
... considered women inferior because of their more emotional nature and lesser capacity to reason . Hence women were incapable of being clerics - in short , un- worthy of education . All this seemed logical enough because , as the Bible ...
... considered women inferior because of their more emotional nature and lesser capacity to reason . Hence women were incapable of being clerics - in short , un- worthy of education . All this seemed logical enough because , as the Bible ...
Page 139
... considered ripe for marriage shortly after the first flow of menses , with the average age being between 14 and 18.35 The size of the dowry and the financial status of the family were considered carefully , as was the extent of their ...
... considered ripe for marriage shortly after the first flow of menses , with the average age being between 14 and 18.35 The size of the dowry and the financial status of the family were considered carefully , as was the extent of their ...
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