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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile is a famous period counterexample.

My impression of the period is that prenups were common, if not the default, among the aristocracy.

Bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria nube

(Also, women losing their power is more of a common law than a civil code thing, as can be seen in the variance in family law in the US between the de novo states and the states which had been part of code jurisdictions before purchase or conquest.)




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