Interfaith marriage could expose couples to deadly family feuds.

Evidence

“Why should we marry women from among the old Christians? In the city of Antequera there was a man from my family who had fallen in love with a Christian girl. On the day they went to church with the bride in order to conclude the marriage, the bridegroom had to wear a coat of mail under his clothes and to take with him a sword because her family had sworn they would kill him on the road. Even years after he had married her, none of her family had visited her, but [still] wished [to see] him and her dead! Marriage is not meant for man to make enemies, but friends and family!” — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1312

Categorization

• XREF: Adds a vivid counterpoint to the ‘On Sacrifice’ article’s treatment of honor and kinship violence in early modern Mediterranean societies.
• FICTION: The bridegroom wearing mail and a sword to his own wedding to survive the bride’s family is a striking scene seed for historical fiction.