The rise of the Mudbloods

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 51324

Ffred ;

>>I'm quoting from memory, so i may be wrong, but I think the separation was
in the 1670s<< 

1692. It's in the HP Schoolbooks.

Ffred again;

>>So am I right in thinking that you think that at the start of the 
seclusion, the MoM would have forbidden intermarriage? And that that's why 
there stopped being halfbloods?<<

No, not directly. But that was the result. I think that in the days before 
the seclusion wizards lived among Muggles (certainly those who were of 
generally plebian rank, anyway.) and rather frequently married them, 
producing halfblood children who may or may not have turned out magical. Such 
mixed families, below a certain class line, were the norm.

Once seclusion was established, however, there was no longer the easy mixing 
in and out between the two groups. (I suspect that there is much more 
mingling these days, despite continued seclusion, due to the need to make it 
possible to reach and train Muggle-borns than there was in the first part of 
the era.) In fact, I suspect that given that the seclusion was established 
for the security of all, any contact with Muggles may have been subject to 
draconian penalties. In this case the wizards who would prviously have chosen 
their partners from among their neighbors regardless of magical ability 
suddenly had a much narrower range of potential partners to choose from. This 
also affected the birthrate.

-JOdel


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]