Love and marriage didn’t always go together…
Would you marry someone you don’t love? Probably not. But it wasn’t always that way. In ancient Greece – love had nothing to do with it. It was up to the father of the bride to find someone socially worthy for his daughter who had no say in the matter. In the middle ages, the Catholic Church instituted the sacrament of marriage – a blessing to encourage the love to kick in AFTER the ceremony.
By the 12th century – the French poets had their say – and had a big influence on match making. Love emerged as the essential theme in relationships – and traditional arranged marriages began to take the back seat.
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