The Open Court 32, No.747
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In Cam- bodia widows retire perforce to a nunnery for three years and cannot marry for that time.
The Roman widow was ordered by law into solemn mourning for ten months and to observe various restrictions, such as refraining from wearing jewels, attending banquets, or wearing crimson and white garments. If she did not comply she lost civil status. There was a reflection upon the Roman widow, as only a pronuba, a matron who had married but once or whose husband was still living, could clasp the ...hands of the bride and the groom at the wedding- ceremony and attend the bride to her husband's home on the nuptial evening. There was a lingering on of the objection to remarriage, as a woman married the second time could not be a pronuba or touch the statue of Pudicitia or Fortuna Muliebris or Mater Mutata.
On the second marriage, also, there were external forms less full of honor than the first, and only after the whole period of mourn- ing had expired could the widow again become a wife. All of these restrictions go to show that many, if not all, widows had no desire to mourn for a husband to whom they had been given in a religious utilitarian marriage, but such regulations tended to cultivate certain moral qualities which in time bore fruit.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In Cam- bodia widows retire perforce to a nunnery for three years and cannot marry for that time.
The Roman widow was ordered by law into solemn mourning for ten months and to observe various restrictions, such as refraining from wearing jewels, attending banquets, or wearing crimson and white garments. If she did not comply she lost civil status. There was a reflection upon the Roman widow, as only a pronuba, a matron who had married but once or whose husband was still living, could clasp the ...hands of the bride and the groom at the wedding- ceremony and attend the bride to her husband's home on the nuptial evening. There was a lingering on of the objection to remarriage, as a woman married the second time could not be a pronuba or touch the statue of Pudicitia or Fortuna Muliebris or Mater Mutata.
On the second marriage, also, there were external forms less full of honor than the first, and only after the whole period of mourn- ing had expired could the widow again become a wife. All of these restrictions go to show that many, if not all, widows had no desire to mourn for a husband to whom they had been given in a religious utilitarian marriage, but such regulations tended to cultivate certain moral qualities which in time bore fruit.
What to read after The Open Court 32, No.747?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 to read onlineMoreLess
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