Just where St. Valentine fits into Valentine’s Day and why the day should be named in his honor is a little bit of a mystery – it is really Cupid’s day, and one could scarcely accuse the little love god of having ever been a bishop of the early Christian church. The St Valentines were, [...]
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Valentine’s Day History
Posted by victoria on January 20, 2012
http://callmevictorian.com/293/valentines-day-history/
Privilege of Marriage
Rules from Thomas Paine’s Utopia – I don’t think anyone would be eligible for marriage today: “Their women are not married before eighteen nor their men before two-and- twenty, and if any of them run into forbidden embraces before marriage they are severely punished, and the privilege of marriage is denied them unless they can [...]
Posted by victoria on July 10, 2011
http://callmevictorian.com/13/privilege-of-marriage/