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The phrase ''more danico''〔The rules of English spelling often result in the proper noun being capitalized, but this is not present in the Latin.〕 is a Mediaeval Latin legal expression which may be translated as "in the Danish manner" or "by Norse customary law". It designates a type of traditional marriage practiced in northern Europe during the Middle Ages.〔"The ''mos Danicus'' with regard to marriage or concubinage, or rather with regard to some third state between marriage and concubinage, is often mentioned in the Norman history of the time." Freeman, p. 624.〕 == The institution == The examples that have come down to us involve powerful rulers in a union with a highborn woman of somewhat lesser rank. Rarely, it occurred to legitimize an abduction, as with Rollo and Poppa, who was taken after a battle at Bayeux; but this is not a defining characteristic. While Roman law had not distinguished between elopement and abduction (both being ''raptus in parentes''), the distinction was significant in Germanic law. Still, according to Reynolds, the consent of the ''parentes'' was required in the ''more danico'' case. This consent could still be obtained after the fact, if an elopement was involved. The word "secular" here should not be interpreted to mean that no context of Germanic religion was involved. Although the form of any ritual that might have been employed is unknown, it is sometimes assumed that it was a type of handfasting.〔Thrupp, pp. 53-55.〕 ''More danico'' permitted polygyny (serial or simultaneous), but is not synonymous with it. The "putting away" of a ''more danico'' wife could apparently be done at the mere wish of the husband; the rights of the wife are unclear. Often the putting away was done with the intention of marrying a still higher-ranking woman ''more christiano''; but since there are numerous instances of the husband returning to the ''more danico'' wife, it is possible that the relationship had merely been deactivated or kept in the background. The union could also be fully dissolved, so that the wife was free to marry another man. Her consent in the matter may or may not have been required; again, the consensual aspect is unknown. (See below.) By tradition and customary law, the children of such a relationship were in no way considered of lesser rank or disadvantaged with respect to inheritance. Many sons ''more danico'' went on to become dukes or kings by succession or conquest. Increasingly discouraged by the Christian Church, the practice gradually died out. Proponents of the Friedelehe theory claimed that the institution left a vestige in the institution of morganatic marriage, but this interpretation is now discredited . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「More danico」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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