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| ==Etymology== | | ==Etymology== |
− | The [[modern]] [[English]] word "marriage" derives from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] mariage, which first appears in 1250–1300 C.E. This in turn is derived from Old French marier (to marry) and ultimately [[Latin]] marītāre (to marry) and marītus (of marriage). | + | The [[modern]] [[English]] word "marriage" derives from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] mariage, which first appears in 1250–1300 C.E. This in turn is derived from Old French marier (to marry) and ultimately [[Latin]] marītāre (to marry) and marītus (of marriage). |
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century] |
− | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Marriage''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Marriage '''''this link'''''].</center> | + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Marriage''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Marriage '''''this link'''''].</center> |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| [[Anthropologists]] have proposed several competing definitions of [[marriage]] so as to [[encompass]] the wide variety of marital [[practices]] observed across [[cultures]]. In his [[book]] ''The History of Human Marriage'' (1921), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Westermarck Edvard Westermarck] defined marriage as "a more or less durable [[connection]] between [[male]] and [[female]] lasting beyond the mere act of propagation till after the [[birth]] of the [[offspring]]." In ''The Future of Marriage in Western Civilization'' (1936), he rejected his earlier definition, instead provisionally defining marriage as "a [[relation]] of one or more men to one or more women that is recognised by [[custom]] or [[law]]". | | [[Anthropologists]] have proposed several competing definitions of [[marriage]] so as to [[encompass]] the wide variety of marital [[practices]] observed across [[cultures]]. In his [[book]] ''The History of Human Marriage'' (1921), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Westermarck Edvard Westermarck] defined marriage as "a more or less durable [[connection]] between [[male]] and [[female]] lasting beyond the mere act of propagation till after the [[birth]] of the [[offspring]]." In ''The Future of Marriage in Western Civilization'' (1936), he rejected his earlier definition, instead provisionally defining marriage as "a [[relation]] of one or more men to one or more women that is recognised by [[custom]] or [[law]]". |
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| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
− | *[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_82 The Evolution of Marriage] | + | *[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_82 The Evolution of Marriage] |
− | *[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_83 The Marriage Institution] | + | *[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_83 The Marriage Institution] |
− | *[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_84 Marriage and Family Life] | + | *[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_84 Marriage and Family Life] |
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| [[Category: Anthropology]] | | [[Category: Anthropology]] |