HISTORYFor several centuries - especially from the 16th to the early 20th century - Europe’s royal families were deeply ...

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia.

Hence one of the first proceedings of Cromwell’s Barebones Parliament was, in 1653, to abolish the ancient religious rites, and to institute what was unknown in modern Europe, the civil ...

Gay marriage didn’t only emerge in recent years as a key issue. Its history dates back to the late 16th century. ... Identity and Community in Early Modern Europe. ...

A centuries-old tradition restricts the right for European and American women to propose marriage themselves to one day: February 29, which only occurs every four years.

It’s wedding season again. In some primitive European countries, the month of May is still greeted with ancient traditions like the Maypole Dance, where young unmarried people dance around a ...

Gay civil unions exist in Denmark, Norway and several other European nations. In the U.S., attempts by gays to get a marriage license date back at least to the early 1970s.