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Could an institution as sacred and traditional as marriage undergo a revolution? Some people living during the Age of Enlightenment thought so. By marrying for the personal emotion of love rather than to serve religious or family interests, a growing number of people revolutionized matrimony around the end of the eighteenth century. Marriage transitioned from a sacred state, instituted by the Church, to a secular contract based on mutual love and affection. Few would claim today that love is not the cornerstone of modern marriage. Before the eighteenth century, very few couples united simply because they shared a mutual attraction and affection for one another. Yet only a century later, most people would come to believe that mutual love and attraction were necessary for any marriage to succeed. A Cultural History of Marriage in the Age of Enlightenment explores how new ideas, cultural ideals, and economic changes reshaped matrimony into the institution that it is today, allowing love to become the essential ingredient for modern marriages. It presents an overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual; Religion, State and Law; Kinship and Social Networks; the Family Economy; Love and Sex; the Breaking of Vows; and Representations of Marriage.
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A Cultural History of Marriage in the Age of Enlightenment, Autorenkollektiv
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- 2023
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