medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Shannon McSheffrey wrote:
> Kit French said:
>
> "I wonder if there were fewer porches in London parishes. Because some
> churches were jammed in between other buildings, did they have
> porches as often as churches outside of London? might this be another
> reason why no references to porch weddings?
> Kit"
>
> I think this is a plausible hypothesis, but don't know much about
> church architecture in London ... maybe somebody else does?
I think we are getting carried away. I don't think weddings *had* to be in
church porches (rather than the nave) - unless the country was under
Interdict (this is from a distant memory of "1066 And All That"!)
John Briggs
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