Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Alliance theory has oriented most anthropological French works until the 1980s; its influences were felt in various fields, including psychoanalysis, philosophy and political philosophy. The hypothesis of a "marriage-alliance" emerged in this frame, pointing out towards the necessary interdependence of various families and lineages.
Arranged endogamous marriage: is one where a third party finds and selects the bride and groom from a particular social, economic and cultural group. Consanguineous marriage: is a type of arranged endogamous marriage. [20] It is one where the bride and groom share a grandparent or near ancestor.
Heqin, also known as marriage alliance, refers to the historical practice of Chinese monarchs marrying princesses—usually members of minor branches of the ruling family—to rulers of neighboring states. [1] It was often adopted as an appeasement strategy with an enemy state that was too powerful to defeat on the battlefield. The policy was ...
A marriage of state is a diplomatic marriage or union between two members of different nation-states or internally, between two power blocs, usually in authoritarian societies and is a practice which dates back to ancient times, as far back as early Grecian cultures in western society, and of similar antiquity in other civilizations.
Marriage between dynasties could serve to initiate, reinforce or guarantee peace between nations. Alternatively, kinship by marriage could secure an alliance between two dynasties which sought to reduce the sense of threat from or to initiate aggression against the realm of a third dynasty. [3]
Psychologists Arthur and Elaine Aron are known for research behind the “36 Questions That Lead to Love.” They share how their relationship has lasted over 50 years.
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and between them and their in-laws. [1]
Some wives prefer more material tokens of appreciation (a friend on marriage #2 just received a Birkin bag). But after 27 years of marriage, I crave small, constant signs that prove beyond a doubt ...