marriage

Mary Douglas, natural symbols and gay marriage from magistra 145 days old

[ ... ] of gay marriage (especially as reflected in the debate in the US) seems to me to raise interesting ideas about natural symbols. Why are so ...

Patriarchy, monogamy and divorce from magistra 288 days old

[ ... ] which only one marriage is allowed for all men, including the powerful), is in global historical terms a fairly unusual phenomenon. It seems to have ...

Five year olds and gay marriage from magistra 364 days old

I’m not sure at what age I would have told L about gay marriage, but I had not planned to when she was only five. A month or so ago, however, the decision ...

Hincmar’s world 5: the curious case of Hincmar in the night from magistra 427 days old

[ ... ] politics on marriage questions’, a provocative statement for all those who have seen Hincmar as one of the key founders of the canon law of ...

Hincmar’s world 4: Hincmar’s cunning plan? from magistra 438 days old

[ ... ] before her marriage, her marriage was not valid), he left at least the possibility of Lothar being able to remarry. But the catch was that ...

Hincmar’s world 3: marriage disputes and ninth century courts from magistra 449 days old

[ ... ] at how some marriage disputes get dealt with in the ninth century, both because I’m interested in the topic and because that’s the area of ...

Hincmar’s world 2: bishops, ‘jurisdiction’ and theories from magistra 460 days old

[ ... ] a dowry and a marriage celebration, the young man led her to a secret room, but he was in no way able to sleep with her as is normal. After they ...

Two models of Carolingian marriage? from magistra 731 days old

I have been looking again at Georges Duby’s theories about the two medieval models of marriage (in Medieval Marriage: Two Models from Twelfth-Century ...

The preconditions for democracy from magistra 1258 days old

[ ... ] indirectly gay marriage, on the grounds that once you redefine marriage to include new forms, you cannot then stop its extension to other forms. To ...

The nastiness of Saint Jerome from magistra 1273 days old

[ ... ] Paul’s idea of marriage as a concession to those unable to be chaste to extremes. Marriage to him is the lesser of two evils; he even calls it ...