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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''dowarie'', from Anglo-French, alteration of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dower dower]'', ''douaire''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Defiinitions==
*1: the [[money]], [[goods]], or estate that a [[woman]] brings to her [[husband]] in [[marriage]]
*2: a gift of money or [[property]] by a man to or for his bride
*3: a natural [[talent]]
==Description==
A '''dowry''' is the [[money]], [[goods]], or estate that a [[woman]] brings to a [[marriage]]. It [[contrasts]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_price bride price], which is paid by the groom or his family to the bride's [[parents]], and with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dower dower], which is property given to the bride herself by the groom at the time of [[marriage]]. The same [[culture]] may simultaneously [[practice]] both dowry and bride price. Dowry is an [[ancient]] [[custom]], and its [[existence]] may well predate records of it. Dowries continue to be [[expected]] in some parts of the world, mainly South Asia.
There are several possible [[functions]] for a dowry system. One function of a dowry may be to provide the [[husband]] with "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_money seed money]" or property for the establishment of a new household and to help feed and [[protect]] the [[family]]. Another may be to provide the wife and children with some [[support]] if he were to die.
Another function of the dowry may be as [[compensation]] for bride price. This may be the case in [[cultures]] where the dowry and bride price are both customary.
Many [[authors]] believe that the giving and receiving of dowry [[reflects]] [[social status]] and even the [[effort]] to climb higher in a social [[hierarchy]].
A dowry may also have served as a form of [[protection]] for the wife against the possibility of ill treatment by her [[husband]] and his [[family]], providing an [[incentive]] for the husband not to harm his wife. This would apply in [[cultures]] where a dowry was expected to be returned to the bride's [[family]] if she died soon after [[marrying]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry]
[[Category: Sociology]]
[[Category: Anthropology]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''dowarie'', from Anglo-French, alteration of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dower dower]'', ''douaire''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Defiinitions==
*1: the [[money]], [[goods]], or estate that a [[woman]] brings to her [[husband]] in [[marriage]]
*2: a gift of money or [[property]] by a man to or for his bride
*3: a natural [[talent]]
==Description==
A '''dowry''' is the [[money]], [[goods]], or estate that a [[woman]] brings to a [[marriage]]. It [[contrasts]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_price bride price], which is paid by the groom or his family to the bride's [[parents]], and with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dower dower], which is property given to the bride herself by the groom at the time of [[marriage]]. The same [[culture]] may simultaneously [[practice]] both dowry and bride price. Dowry is an [[ancient]] [[custom]], and its [[existence]] may well predate records of it. Dowries continue to be [[expected]] in some parts of the world, mainly South Asia.
There are several possible [[functions]] for a dowry system. One function of a dowry may be to provide the [[husband]] with "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_money seed money]" or property for the establishment of a new household and to help feed and [[protect]] the [[family]]. Another may be to provide the wife and children with some [[support]] if he were to die.
Another function of the dowry may be as [[compensation]] for bride price. This may be the case in [[cultures]] where the dowry and bride price are both customary.
Many [[authors]] believe that the giving and receiving of dowry [[reflects]] [[social status]] and even the [[effort]] to climb higher in a social [[hierarchy]].
A dowry may also have served as a form of [[protection]] for the wife against the possibility of ill treatment by her [[husband]] and his [[family]], providing an [[incentive]] for the husband not to harm his wife. This would apply in [[cultures]] where a dowry was expected to be returned to the bride's [[family]] if she died soon after [[marrying]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry]
[[Category: Sociology]]
[[Category: Anthropology]]
