TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abbott, Elizabeth.
TI  - A history of marriage
SN  - 9780715641705
U1  - 306.8109 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - Duckworth Overlook
KW  - Marriage
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - A History of Marriage paints an often surprising picture of this most public, yet most intimate, institution, a complex tradition that includes arranged marriages, dowries, same-sex marriages, self-marriages and child brides. The wedding ceremony, too, has worn many faces: 'spousals', common before the mid-twelfth century in western Europe, required no priest, but only the privately proclaimed consent of the couple; the iconic white wedding dress did not emerge until the late eighteenth century and not until Queen Victoria wore a lavish white gown in 1840 did it become truly fashionable
ER  -