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Invitations for marriages weren't necessary because they usually happened in small towns and neighbors were informed based on the people around them. The most important part of the wedding is the feast, "the special feast had to be carefully planned. The menu was discussed and arrangements..." (Elizabethan Wedding Customs Paragraph 7), each wedding had an exotic dish like a peacock to impress the guests and most importantly the married couple. The way the bride dressed was also different than now, women wore their best gown and kirtle (white wedding dress became a tradition long after). Same with the bridegrooms who had to wear their "best clothes which consisted of a doublet, breeches, hose, box pleated neck ruff, and a codpiece" (Elizabeth Wedding Customs Paragraph 9). Modern day marriage mainly consists of tuxedos and wedding dresses and there would sometimes be a party after the ceremony to celebrate.

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Elizabethan Marriages and Weddings, www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-marriages-and-weddings.htm.

Elizabethan Wedding Customs, www.william-shakespeare.info/elizabethan-wedding-customs.htm.

“Love and Marriage.” Life in Elizabethan England 10: Love and Marriage, elizabethan.org/compendium/10.html.

Research Outline
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ylhQqtq0t-dpld49GG3PbyaaLzfd650Sb071aq63WpI/edit?usp=sharing

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It's common for both families to arrange marriage that falls under their social classes, so like a poor man can marry a rich woman. The main purpose of marriage is "to bring prestige or wealth to the family" (Paragraph 2 Elizabethan Marriages and Weddings), even if the man is horrible-looking. Women were expected and FORCED to marry, doesn't matter who. It was rare for women to live a single life, they could possibly be executed because people around will assume they are witches. There were two reasons why women have to be married: one is for nobility and the other is for religious reasons. Like paragraph one, it is different from modern day marriage because the bride and groom have the privilege to pick who they want to marry (getting to know them first to see if they're the one). Women here can live a single life all they want and no one will assume they're witches because that's just strange and unreal. Elizabethan women were expected to bring a dowry (like a present) to their marriage, it supposedly benefits the husband. In dowries, there are "amounts of money, goods, and property that the bride would bring to the marriage" (Paragraph 3 Elizabethan Marriages and Weddings). Like any marriage back then and maybe now, the wife was now under the property of the husband. This results in them taking care of the household, kids, and guests. Similar to nowadays, the outcome is similar to our families except women are able to divorce if something bad had happened.

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Marriage back then was way different than modern marriage. The legal age of marriage for girls were 12 while boys were 14, however, with consent from both parents. Most of the time, women did not have a say in marriage since they were passive  towards men. At a young age, women were forced to believe " that they were inferior to men and that men knew better" (Paragraph 1 Elizabethan Marriages and Weddings). Because of this belief, men had to try their best to support their family and make sure to not fail as the leader of the house. How it works is that the parents of both parties arrange a marriage for their kid. Therefore the two that are getting married usually haven't met before until the ceremony similar to a blind date except this is marriage. Marriages were common because they "were frequently arranged so that both families involved would benefit" (Paragraph 2 Elizabethan Marriages and Weddings),  to keep the bloodline flowing. Modern day marriage is different because both sides are able to have a say in it. If the bride doesn't want to get married, she can simply refuse and find a new person because she isn't physically forced to marry (same with groom).