Marriage of Convenience Quotes
Forced marriage upon a girl or woman was very common at the time. In this case, the woman had been repeatedly raped (the sin) and then forced to say the words of the marriage ceremony in front of witnesses. The woman wanted the marriage dissolved, and the man wanted his “wife.” At the time, there was no such thing as divorce. De Ponte ruled that there was no marriage. He was the first medieval jurist to write opinions on cases, thus preserving a record for openness and an instrument to teach others and produce uniformity of decisions and judgments—the basis of most legal systems today. As a result this written case, forced marriage became less frequent in Italy, though it is very prevalent in underdeveloped countries in general and Islamic nations in particular. Even in the United States there are a few cases of forced marriage each year, particularly in religious cults and communities.
Mittleberger wrote a treatise warning his countrymen of the problems in Pennsylvania where many German youth were coming as indentured servants and apprentices.
3rd Earl Russell of Kingston. Actually what he was calling for in 1932 was generally rejected then. However by the later part of the 20th century it was very common in Europe and America, not only in universities and colleges but for young workers who often cohabited without benefit of marriage.
