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- Title
MARRIAGE A SEASONAL CUSTOM.
- Authors
BOURGEOIS, Jean
- Abstract
Among the rules followed by future spouses with regard to their marriage, there is a whole group that can be studied by means of demographic statistics, namely those which determine the time of year chosen for the wedding. After describing French customs in the matter, the author examines how they have evolved since the early nineteenth century. Certain practices, such as those linked to the Catholic rules on marriage, are tending to disappear, while others are becoming rapidly more widespread; the absence of weddings in May and September, for example, is a phenomenon dating from the last century. The emergence of such customs in the nineteenth century reveals a little-known aspect of French folklore.
- Subjects
FRANCE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL aspects of marriage; MANNERS &; customs; DATING (Social customs); FRENCH folklore
- Publication
Population (1634-2941), 2016, Vol 71, Issue 4, p681
- ISSN
1634-2941
- Publication type
Article