Note 544 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
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Dargun, op. cit., 130, 131. Weinhold, op. cit., I, 384 ff., gives many examples of similar wedding customs, and Schmidt, Jus primae noctis, 126-46, discusses the Brautlauf and like practices, citing the sources in detail. Cf. Grimm, Rechtsalterthümer, 419; idem, Wörterbuch, II, 336 ff.