tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post1341035947477226442..comments2024-03-12T07:11:33.877+00:00Comments on Regency History: Could a Regency widower marry his wife's sister?Rachel Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-36176687583309504432020-08-11T22:46:31.049+01:002020-08-11T22:46:31.049+01:00The most common way that a childless man's nam...The most common way that a childless man's name seems to have been continued that I have come across was by him requiring his heir to take his name as a requirement of receiving his inheritance. Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-1079228980245345962020-07-31T00:11:38.510+01:002020-07-31T00:11:38.510+01:00I knew about the law of brother-in-law marriage in...I knew about the law of brother-in-law marriage in ancient Israel but hadn't realised it still held in relatively more modern times. In ancient Israel, it was allowable to have more than one wife so even if the brother-in-law was married, he wasn't excluded from marrying the widow. This wouldn't be allowable in more modern times though - was there any other ways for the dead husband's family name to be continued? Would marriage between the dead husband's nearest relative (with the same family name) and the widow be encouraged? Isomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07964512001839569512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-37864154244131330812020-04-25T16:29:36.495+01:002020-04-25T16:29:36.495+01:00Yes, I was aware of that. I don't know whether...Yes, I was aware of that. I don't know whether it caused conflict for Jews living in Victorian Britain.Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-91123197832691107892020-04-25T16:10:57.522+01:002020-04-25T16:10:57.522+01:00Yes, I'd read that. G&S had a habit of mak...Yes, I'd read that. G&S had a habit of making culturally relevant comments in their operas. Not familiar with the line as I've never sung Iolanthe - I know Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore better. Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-61276541318978743862020-04-25T16:07:17.286+01:002020-04-25T16:07:17.286+01:00How embarrassing. Hard to imagine such as discussi...How embarrassing. Hard to imagine such as discussion in the House of Lords now!Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-2841262029697389282020-04-03T07:10:06.336+01:002020-04-03T07:10:06.336+01:00In Jewish law, the brother of a man who died witho...In Jewish law, the brother of a man who died without children was encouraged to marry the widow, to honour his late brother and to keep the family name going. However, if either of the parties refused this second marriage, both were required to go through a specific ceremony.<br /><br />The Jewish law encouraging such a marriage was of course not followed in Victorian England where, as you showed, it was forbidden. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-31376654605619873022020-04-01T22:16:57.947+01:002020-04-01T22:16:57.947+01:00The apparently interminable attempts to allow Marr...The apparently interminable attempts to allow Marriage to a Deceased Wife’s Sister is mentioned in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera Iolanthe.<br /><br />Amongst the impossible things Strephon will do when he takes magical control of parliament is;<br /><br />'He shall prick that annual blister,<br />Marriage with deceased wife’s sister:'Gordon Le Pardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212975475721122396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-210830707994575282020-04-01T19:57:35.236+01:002020-04-01T19:57:35.236+01:00A little later than the Regency, but one of Jane A...A little later than the Regency, but one of Jane Austen's nieces (Edward Austen Knight's daughter Louisa) also married her late sister (Cassandra)'s widower husband, Lord George Hill. Embarassingly, the details of the marriage had been discussed in the House of Lords, especially as to the legitimacy of her children. Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187861613643301178noreply@blogger.com