Since several scientists can't just take the word of however many medievalists (not just historians either) have said this is bad scholarship, and why, here are some sources. Because I'm feeling generous.https://twitter.com/prof_gabriele/status/1192655774029406209 …
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So, the premise that laws set in the 6th c AD led to democratic institutions in modern day is the sort of framing that we avoid in history: progressivism. Where the past is framed in perspective of modern outcomes, of inevitability.
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Medieval history should not be studied in a vacuum, but when we trace continuity from 1500 years ago to today, that ignores that events as they occur don't have a goal, nothing has just one rooting factor, and history is messy.
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I also want to say that consanguinity was not the same, over all periods, or enforced. Yes, marriage eventually became considered a sacrament. But that didn't stop a regular couple living in rural wherever from basically just exchanging gifts and saying, okay we're married.
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Yeah we have common law marriage in Canada, 12 months continuous inhabitance together I think, unless that changed recently.
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