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Kalimac · 05-09-2002, 08:51 PM

Without having read the background material (I'll give you fair warning on that) it seems like a rather medieval situation in a way, where if one spouse had decided to give his or her life to God and went into a monastery/convent, the other spouse could marry again since the other one was "dead to this world." It was unfortunate in a way since the convent proved to be a great place for kings with roving eyes to shove inconvenient first wives off to, but theoretically it made sense. Maybe the Elves were the same way? Though they don't seem to have been in any kind of hurry to get married once, let alone twice. Arwen was single for about 2,800 years and nobody seemed to think that was unusually long [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img].

05-09-2002, 08:51 PM	#9
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Without having read the background material (I'll give you fair warning on that) it seems like a rather medieval situation in a way, where if one spouse had decided to give his or her life to God and went into a monastery/convent, the other spouse could marry again since the other one was "dead to this world." It was unfortunate in a way since the convent proved to be a great place for kings with roving eyes to shove inconvenient first wives off to, but theoretically it made sense. Maybe the Elves were the same way? Though they don't seem to have been in any kind of hurry to get married once, let alone twice. Arwen was single for about 2,800 years and nobody seemed to think that was unusually long [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.