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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 . " 196 The economic advantages of marriage and the virtual absence of housekeepers and hired hands determined that widows and widowers did not long ...
... widow is the only kind of second - hand goods that will always sell at prime cost . " 196 The economic advantages of marriage and the virtual absence of housekeepers and hired hands determined that widows and widowers did not long ...
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