According to the Text,in the Past Why Was It Considered

According to the text,in the past why was it considered important that a bride be a virgin?

A) being a virgin was a sign of a woman's purity and devotion to her husband
B) to ensure that land was inherited only by biological descendants of the husband
C) to ensure she did not have more sexual experience than her new husband
D) to ensure that she hadn't previously had children