I can see the sense in supporting polygamy only for kings. Henry VIII practised serial polygamy in his search for a male heir. And Marie Antoinette was married to the Dauphin to cement a French-Austrian alliance. A Catholic monarch seeking friendly relations with a neighbouring country could contract only one such marriage.
I can see the sense in supporting polygamy only for kings. Henry VIII practised serial polygamy in his search for a male heir. And Marie Antoinette was married to the Dauphin to cement a French-Austrian alliance. A Catholic monarch seeking friendly relations with a neighbouring country could contract only one such marriage.
John of Leiden was a very different case, being the sort of guy who gave religious loonies a bad name. No wonder that both Lutheran and Catholic rulers clamped down on Anabaptists.
I can see the sense in supporting polygamy only for kings. Henry VIII practised serial polygamy in his search for a male heir. And Marie Antoinette was married to the Dauphin to cement a French-Austrian alliance. A Catholic monarch seeking friendly relations with a neighbouring country could contract only one such marriage.
John of Leiden was a very different case, being the sort of guy who gave religious loonies a bad name. No wonder that both Lutheran and Catholic rulers clamped down on Anabaptists.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnster_rebellion