Talk:The Captain from Connecticut
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Mbshu in topic Peabody's marriage
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Peabody's marriage
editI find it very surprising that Peabody marries the French governor's daughter in a civil ceremony only, with her father officiating. I understand that only a civil wedding had legal power under the Code Napoleon (which was left in force by the restored Bourbons). But she and her family are staunch royalists, so they hate the French Revolution and the usurper Napoleon, and they would have had no love for his legal reforms. It is already a stretch that they consider a commoner eligible for marrying into their family of ancient nobility. But even if I buy that, I find it highly incredible that they would do without a church wedding, and without any attempt to convert Peabody to Roman Catholicism. Mbshu (talk) 13:29, 20 August 2019 (UTC)