law
Morgengabium / Mundium / Faderfium
Germanic bride-price terms
also: morgengabium, mundium, faderfium
Germanic legal terms for marriage payments: morgengabium (morning-gift to the bride), mundium (guardianship fee to her kin), faderfium (father's price). Madách cites them to show that even the Germanic peoples treated marriage as a commercial transaction.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 morgengabium, mundium, faderfium
Germanic legal terms for the various payments made by a husband at marriage: morgengabium (morning-gift to the bride), mundium (guardianship fee paid to her kin), faderfium (father's price). Madách uses them to show that Germanic peoples also treated marriage as a commercial transaction.