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28 paź 2024 · Marriage, a legally and socially sanctioned union, usually between a man and a woman, that is regulated by laws, rules, customs, beliefs, and attitudes that prescribe the rights and duties of the partners and accords status to their offspring (if any).
26 cze 2013 · From polygamy to same-sex marriage, here are 13 milestones in the history of marriage.
14 mar 2012 · 1. Strategic alliances. An Anglo-Saxon wife spins, while the farmer or "husbandman" cultivates the ground. For the Anglo-Saxons and Britain's early tribal groups, marriage was all about...
In The History of Human Marriage (1891), Edvard Westermarck defined marriage as "a more or less durable connection between male and female lasting beyond the mere act of propagation till after the birth of the offspring."
11 paź 2024 · The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a...
10 sty 2015 · In ancient Rome, marriage was a civil affair governed by imperial law. But when the empire collapsed, in the 5th century, church courts took over and elevated marriage to a holy union.
27 cze 2013 · From polygamy to same-sex marriage, here are 13 milestones in the history of marriage.
