marriage wasn't a sacrament in the r.c. church until the 12th-13th centuries, yet second cousin marriage became scandalous in the frankish kingdom(s) by the ninth.
also, @JoHenrich et al. have it wrong that the church regulated for nuclear families.
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Marriage was an institution already though, does the theological gloss of sacramentality mean a big deal?
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Ironic that the catholic church was a disruptor of traditional family values back then.
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