Note 1205 — Chapter IX · THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE
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Burn, op. cit., 144. The author has evidently transposed the dates. "The Eastern Emperor Leo, surnamed Philosophus (in order to prevent the mischiefs arising from Espousals to be concluded by marriage at a distant period) commanded that the Espousals and Weddings should be performed both upon one day. Alexius Comnenus endeavoured to restore the old custom."—Alex. Com. Novel. de Spons., 1, 2.; Burn, loc. cit., n. 1.