RE: Equal marriage for all?
April 22, 2013 at 9:46 am
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2013 at 9:47 am by The Grand Nudger.)
In the context of christianity and european culture (which would be the context that marriage has taken largely) there was little to no religious interference (the church kept records - that was about it) and not much in the way of formal ceremony except in the case of royalty (where such a rigid system would be useful to preserve the line). It could be sealed with a sentence, no fanfare, no ring. This continued to the mid 1500's (iirc).
Comparatively, other earlier (non-christian) european cultures had much more elaborate and rigid systems - though this also is not uniform.
Comparatively, other earlier (non-christian) european cultures had much more elaborate and rigid systems - though this also is not uniform.
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