@ixaos well, incompletely, i suspect. there were such laws in england in the 600s, for eg., but enforcement didn't happen 'til much later.
@ixaos there's no a lot of info on the history of mating patterns in eastern europe out there. *in english* anyway. =/
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@hbdchick that's bad. W/o info we can only speculate abt how much they were inward breeding -
@ixaos ...the numbers were not insignficant by the reaction of christian missionaries to the pagans of northern europe. they were appalled.. -
@hbdchick I don't like subjective emotions eg appalled as a reliable source of data -
@ixaos ...the time you will NOT find historians to be in agreement on an issue! in this case, they are. -
@hbdchick you see, I'm not arguing whether there was an issue or not. However the exact extent of it - 10%, 20%... remains in cloud, right? -
@ixaos absolute cloud, yes. (^_^) it's just that most people reckon that a big deal *wouldn't* have been made if it had just been 10%... -
@hbdchick EVERYBODY speak about gay rights for a while, although gays make 5% of population. Yet again I don't agree w you -
@ixaos ...or not you want to believe them. (^_^) - 5 more replies
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