Talk:Polygyny

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Parliament at Nuremberg in 1650

""On February 14, 1650, the parliament at Nürnberg decreed that, because so many men were killed during the Thirty Years' War, the churches for the following ten years could not admit any man under the age of 60 into a monastery. Priests and ministers not bound by any monastery were allowed to marry. Lastly, the decree stated that every man was allowed to marry up to ten women. The men were admonished to behave honorably, provide for their wives properly, and prevent animosity among them."

That is not true. I thought Wikipedia is a reputable encyclopedia?! Source 124 is not reliable (Larry O. Jensen, A Genealogical Handbook of German Research (Rev. Ed., 1980) p. 59.) There is no referece for this claim in this publication. Sources 127 and 128 declare it for not true: Leonhard Theobald, "Der angebliche Bigamiebeschluß des fränkischen Kreistages" ["The So-called Bigamy Decision of the Franconian Kreistag"], Beitrage zur Bayerischen kirchengeschichte [Contributions to Bavarian Church History] 23 (1916 – bound volume dated 1917) Erlangen: 199–200 (Theobald reporting that the Franconian Kreistag did not hold session between 1645 and 1664, and that there is no record of such a law in the extant archives of Nürnberg, Ansbach, or Bamberg, Theobald believing that the editors of the Fränkisches Archiv must have misunderstood a draft of some other legislation from 1650). Alfred Altmann, "Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnburg," Jahresbericht über das 43 Vereinsjahr 1920 [Annual Report for the 43rd Year 1920 of the Historical Society of the City of Nuremberg] (Nürnberg 1920): 13–15 (Altmann reporting a lecture he had given discussing the polygamy permission said to have been granted in Nuremberg in 1650, Altmann characterizing the Fränkisches Archiv as "merely a popular journal, not an edition of state documents," and describing the tradition as "a literary fantasy")

Even if it were true, it would be a political decision, not a religious one. So it's not appropriate to have this quote under the headline "Christianity".--Castizo.de (talk) 14:41, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

I removed the text for the above reasons as some of the sources cited actualy contradicted this claim as an urban legend.2A02:2F0F:B1FF:FFFF:0:0:6463:D1C8 (talk) 13:22, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Too critical

This article as a whole is overly and one-sidedly critical of the practice it describes. Criticism should be listed in the appropriate section. 2A02:A420:4B:A321:C5EF:C774:62CE:F79F (talk) 11:31, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Criminalized?

Is it really criminalized in western world? And if that's so, how? No one can marry more than one person due to laws, and extramarital relationships are legal, so how can someone commit this crime? Martianmister (talk) 12:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Not a neutral view

This article only cites negative viewpoints or information which may not have anything to do with the topic. Suggesting many articles about African warfare and violence is linked to polygyny, is obsurd. Causes for violence occur in every society. Negative viewpoints stating polygyny is less likely to succeed than monogamy is false and has no scientific basis. I have scientific journal studies in both culture and psychology that show otherwise. This article seems to promote only feminist ideology, and not a neutral viewpoint. 63.245.158.182 (talk) 01:15, 29 October 2022 (UTC)