"Marriage" in the sense of "husband" and "wife," is based on the concept of bride-price. It is transfer of the female, as property of her father (or other male in the family if the father is deceased), to the "husband," which is a term used equally for the raising of livestock, e.g. "animal husbandry." The term quietly shifted in (I seem…
"Marriage" in the sense of "husband" and "wife," is based on the concept of bride-price. It is transfer of the female, as property of her father (or other male in the family if the father is deceased), to the "husband," which is a term used equally for the raising of livestock, e.g. "animal husbandry."
The term quietly shifted in (I seem to remember) the mid-1800's, when "marriage" became about "love."
Certainly in the 1800's US, it was not uncommon for a man working land in the territories to purchase a wife outright as a "mail-order bride."
"Marriage" in the sense of "husband" and "wife," is based on the concept of bride-price. It is transfer of the female, as property of her father (or other male in the family if the father is deceased), to the "husband," which is a term used equally for the raising of livestock, e.g. "animal husbandry."
The term quietly shifted in (I seem to remember) the mid-1800's, when "marriage" became about "love."
Certainly in the 1800's US, it was not uncommon for a man working land in the territories to purchase a wife outright as a "mail-order bride."