@AlWest13 theory's not in peril. (you don't even understand the theory, so how could you say it's in peril?)
@AlWest13 yeah. or some very commonweal oriented groups who DO marry their cousins (long-term). do suggest! suggest away.
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@hbdchick Trouble is, of course cousin marriage is going to correlate with clannishness, but for social reasons. -
@AlWest13 yes, could be. but then you have the change in medieval europe. elimination of cousin marriage came first THEN disappearance... -
@hbdchick It's controversial, I think - Robin Fox takes it as given that Germanic kindreds influenced Catholic law instead of other way. -
@AlWest13 i haven't seen where he says that. all other historians i've read have said the opposite. (goody, mitterauer, mechemblaud [sp?].) -
@hbdchick On the basis of kin terms, though - not eg Anglo-Saxon law. -
@AlWest13 oh, right. yeah, he should look at the laws. especially the canon laws, obviously. and all the complaints by the missionaries...
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@hbdchick If you marry your cousin, it's usually not out of simple choice, implying some coercion by somebody. Usually family.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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