Post by photax on Feb 20, 2011 3:37:31 GMT -5
Hi !
Here is the history of the „Quarreling“ memorial-picture from the “competition” section. I did some research in old books and found one from 1895 in which the story is being told. Back in medieval times lived a man named Simon Handel in the city of Krems in the Wachau Valley. He was married to a violent wife and was beaten by her very often. In 1528 a couple of friends founded a fraternity to help this poor guy and therefore they had been cursed by their own women. From this time on weak men had been called “Simandl” ( composed from Simon Handel ). This word is almost forgotten today. “Mandl” also means in the local dialect: tiny, helpless man. I also found a picture in an old book, showing a 1771 document from the highly commendable Simandl brotherhood, containing as follows: You are not allowed to leave the house without knowledge of your wife, otherwise you have to pay 3.- Shillings penalty to her. You are not allowed to thump around if you are coming home drunk. You have to get up one hour earlier to make breakfast. You are not allowed to ask your wife where she goes and so on. Sounds like a modern marriage contract ;D.
Conclusion: Must have been a bunch of cowardly men.
I once was married with a woman from that region, but that is another story…
MIK
Here is the history of the „Quarreling“ memorial-picture from the “competition” section. I did some research in old books and found one from 1895 in which the story is being told. Back in medieval times lived a man named Simon Handel in the city of Krems in the Wachau Valley. He was married to a violent wife and was beaten by her very often. In 1528 a couple of friends founded a fraternity to help this poor guy and therefore they had been cursed by their own women. From this time on weak men had been called “Simandl” ( composed from Simon Handel ). This word is almost forgotten today. “Mandl” also means in the local dialect: tiny, helpless man. I also found a picture in an old book, showing a 1771 document from the highly commendable Simandl brotherhood, containing as follows: You are not allowed to leave the house without knowledge of your wife, otherwise you have to pay 3.- Shillings penalty to her. You are not allowed to thump around if you are coming home drunk. You have to get up one hour earlier to make breakfast. You are not allowed to ask your wife where she goes and so on. Sounds like a modern marriage contract ;D.
Conclusion: Must have been a bunch of cowardly men.
I once was married with a woman from that region, but that is another story…
MIK
