And it just so happens there is evidence that Greece dropped cousin marriage before its Classical Golden Age.https://twitter.com/hbdchick/status/503238414784016385 …
@Glossophiliac75 no, there was a huge campaign by the church throughout medieval period. and there were secular laws in various countries.
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@hbdchick Yet the people who wanted to skirt those laws (royalty) skirted them. -
@Glossophiliac75 but, again, they didn't *always* skirt them. see the frankish aristocrats of the 900s-1100s for one example. -
@hbdchick The fact that the Church promoted something doesn't necessarily mean that it introduced it. -
@Glossophiliac75 oh, it did. again, see goody. and all the other medieval historians who agree upon this.
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@hbdchick Monogamy just seems to be a Euro thing - pagan, Christian. Just one of those themes running through.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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