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It's Medieval Europe and my son has just been married off, but the bride's family (for whatever reason) doesn't pay the dowry. Now what? Can the marriage be annulled? Do the courts intervene? How is justice enforced?

by /u/HarambeCantMeltSteel in /r/AskHistorians

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