In happily researching my new novel, revolving around the Hanseatic League - merchants of North Germany in the 13th-15th centuries - I came across this interesting item.
Among the many things agreed to by adopting the 'law of Lübeck', as part of joining the Hanseatic League, we find this:
"If any man marries a woman in one city, and another woman from some other city comes and proves that he is her lawful husband, he shall be beheaded."
Tough, but fair, I'd say....
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