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Paper short abstract

Marriage used to be for members of different sexes only. This makes marriage and everything associated with it a showcase for attitudes towards the relationship between men and women. I investigate how these views take shape in the Lexicon Frisicum (1872) and the Friesch Woordenboek (1900-1914).

Paper long abstract

Marriage or (holy) matrimony is a form of living together regulated by civil and/or religious law that forms the foundation of most families and is important as a legal and socially accepted foundation under lasting sexual relations and family ties. Marriage is, in principle, for life. The form of marriage depends on the historical and cultural context, and is also related to the religious beliefs of the spouses.

For a long time, marriage was only allowed to be entered into by members of different sexes. This makes marriage and everything associated with it a showcase for attitudes towards the relationship between men and women.

In my paper I investigate how these attitudes take shape in the Lexicon Frisicum (1872) and its successor, the Friesch Woordenboek (1900-1914).