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Consummation of marriage |
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CONSUMMATION OF MARRIAGE. The first time that the husband and wife cohabit
together, after the ceremony of marriage has been performed, is thus called.
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In Julius Kirshner's essay on dressing Renaissance brides, wifely wantonness constituted an important part of the eroticized rituals of the consummation of marriage, rituals situated within a larger context of social competition and conspicuous consumption. Consummation of marriage, however, as the case of Ursina studied by Cecilia Cristellon in her second contribution to the collection shows, was not by itself the only condition for legitimating a marriage. |
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