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To: dcwusmc
'England also had serfs and peasants, by any other name, who could also be ordered to let the lord of their manor have his way with the bride on the wedding night.'

Try not to get your history from movies. Jus prima nocte never existed in Britain. It has been referenced in regard to King Evenus III (John III) of Scotland, who never existed, in the legends of CulCollen (sp) of Ireland, and King Edward III of England in the movie 'Braveheart', which was fictional in this respect.

237 posted on 05/11/2011 6:54:24 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

It wasn’t a movie I got it from, nor are your assertions PROOF it never happened. ANYTHING in history has a root of truth somewhere. It’s just not always possible to pick out, but to assert that there are no records, so it never happened, is ridiculous. Besides, just how often do you suppose someone’s gonna boast for the record that he had someone else’s bride for the night? Just like slave owners and their female slaves... it HAPPENED but no one talks about it...


239 posted on 05/11/2011 7:11:52 PM PDT by dcwusmc (A FREE People have no sovereign save Almighty GOD!!! III OK We are EVERYWHERE)
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