Author Question: In Western societies between A.D. 1000 and 1800, divorce was next to impossible, but few marriages ... (Read 23 times)

nramada · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

In Western societies between A.D. 1000 and 1800, divorce was next to impossible, but few marriages lasted more than about 10 or 20 years, owing to:

a. irreconcilable differences.
b. high death rates.
c. patrilineal societies.
d. matrilineal societies.
e. high economic cost of marriage.

Question 2

When the economy is based on _____ and when the man does most of the productive work, the brides people may give a dowry that protects the woman against desertion. Dowry is also a statement of her economic status.

a. food foraging
b. pastoralism
c. agriculture
d. horticulture
e. industrialism