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.

Speaking of the church, the next big step in the history of marriage was the rise of Roman Catholicism in Europe. By the eighth century marriage became a church sacrament. In 1563 it was written ...

Post-Medieval Europe (from the 16th to the 18th century), was when the patriarchal family became the entrenched norm. In this context, arranging marriages for women was a very important social ...

Books: Modern Marriage. 2 minute read. TIME. January 16, 1939 12:00 AM GMT-5. A t 19, when he wrote The Loom of Youth, Alec Waugh was hailed as a promising young writer.