Goody- Nastacio

I thought it was particularly interesting that at a funeral in the 19th century, the window would receive proposals for a new marriage and by the time the funeral ended, there would already be an arrangement. I thought it was also interesting that the rules that the Church proposed were not as practical for the people they were imposing the rules on. This gave rise to tensions in society since citizens were not allowed to do what they thought was in their best interest. Why did the Church not acknowledge that and provide more reasonable or lenient rules? Many of the rules made were not even followed, for example, the rule that forbade citizens from marrying kin or being able to remarry. Although it wasn't allowed by the church it provided financial and emotional help to the window. I also did not think it was fair that if a wife leaves her husband, he is not allowed to marry anyone else and must take her back if she returns.