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May 12, 2020 · Medieval marriage practice continues to influence ceremonies today – from banns [the reading three times of your intention to marry] to declaring vows in the present tense. Indeed, the word ‘wedding’ itself even dates from the medieval period.
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Jan 10, 2015 · In the ancient world, marriage served primarily as a means of preserving power, with kings and other members of the ruling class marrying off daughters to forge alliances, acquire land, and...
Feb 10, 2022 · Marriage was deemed to be acceptable as soon as puberty hit – for girls from around age 12 and boys 14 – so betrothals were sometimes made at a very young age. It is said that women first gained the right to propose marriage in Scotland in 1228, which then caught on in the rest of Europe.
Dec 24, 2020 · The door to marriage was increasingly romantic love rather than parental dictates, and this shift gave rise to the personal or psychological marriage designed to meet personal rather than...
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Feb 14, 2020 · Like today, the medieval feast day of the Roman martyr St Valentine was a celebration of all things “romance.” These two contrasting stories, however, give us a snapshot into the tension between the expectation of love and the making of a good and economically fortuitous marriage in the middle ages.
Mar 14, 2012 · 1. Strategic alliances. An Anglo-Saxon wife spins, while the farmer or "husbandman" cultivates the ground. For the Anglo-Saxons and Britain's early tribal groups, marriage was all about...
The first letter below details the arranged marriage of Elizabeth Paston to Stephen Scrope, a man thirty years her senior (she was twenty, he was fifty). The second describes a secret marriage between Margery Paston and Richard Calle, the family steward (a servant who ran the household estate).
