Note 15 — Chapter I · Marriage Laws and Customs.
Reading edition
Ringrose “Marriage and Divorce Laws,” p. 11.
Monogamy was practiced by the Greeks and Romans as far back as our records reach. Wood’s “Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries,” vol. I., p. 33.
Morganatic, or “left-handed” marriages, are peculiar to Germany. They occur between men of superior and women of inferior rank and are prohibited by the Royal Marriage Law of England.
Ringrose, “Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World;” Wood’s “Wedding Day in All Ages,” vol. II., p. 8.