https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp by: Kaylerhyne Taguinod en-us 2018-12-12 14:27:56 UTC 2018-12-17 15:19:20 UTC hello@padlet.com ayongyenrod https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/313847635 https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/G67BEpnVKy2PXE8k6J4zZgkGhd9K9a9iOh_a98wFO5ZPAEBJSTyL2JXcNYlRKl5ad8bgMTWGL3DlXCXRE62-rP4HBCoBIf3necE=w3128-h1866]]> 2018-12-12 14:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/313847635 ayongyenrod https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/313849797 http://www.william-shakespeare.info/elizabethan-wedding-customs.htm]]> 2018-12-12 14:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/313849797 ayongyenrod https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/313868660 During the Elizabethan era of history women were very much 'second class citizens'. Regardless of their social standing they were expected to marry. Single women who were thought to be witches by their neighbors. Elizabethan marriages were sometimes arranged immediately following a babies birth via a formal betrothal.]]> 2018-12-12 15:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/313868660 ayongyenrod https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/315168528 With parental permission it was legal for boys to marry at 14 and girls at 12 although it was not usual or traditional for marriages at such young ages. The age of consent was 21 and boys would generally not marry until this age]]> 2018-12-17 14:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/315168528 ayongyenrod https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/315180857 Should a couple need to marry in haste an alternative, faster, route to legalizing a marriage required a Marriage Bond which acted as a contract, security and proof to a Bishop that the issue of a Marriage Licence was lawful. The Marriage Bond was accompanied with a sworn statement that there were no pre-contract. The issue of a Marriage Bond would require only one reading of the Banns - thus saving a couple of weeks. Such a Marriage Bond was required by Anne Hathaway and William Shakespeare - Anne was 26 years old and pregnant. William Shakespeare was only 18 and under the age of consent. Elizabethan wedding customs and contracts would have required that his father would have had to agree to the marriage.]]> 2018-12-17 14:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/315180857 ayongyenrod https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/315181556 Wedding invitations were not issued. People lived in small communities and knew what was happening in common life. If there was an Elizabethan wedding then people would just attend. Gifts were occasionally given to the Bride and Groom. It was an Elizabethan Wedding custom to celebrate the marriage with a wedding feast. The special feast had to be carefully planned. The menu was discussed and arrangements for acquiring the content of the more exotic dishes, such a peacock, had to be made.  The Elizabethans were keen on presenting dishes as attractively as possible - in the case of the peacock its colorful feathers would adorn the dish. Bread and sweetmeats would also be prepared. The staple drink of the Elizabethans was ale (water was unclean) but wine was also available and would have been ordered for the wedding feast]]> 2018-12-17 14:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/315181556 ayongyenrod https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/315182310 The dowry was an Elizabethan Wedding custom which benefited the husband. A dowry was an amount of money, goods, and property that the bride would bring to the marriage. It was also referred to as her marriage portion. The law gave a husband full rights over his wife. She effectively became his property.]]> 2018-12-17 14:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/315182310 ayongyenrod https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/315185010 Once at the church the ceremony would be a solemn one. In Elizabethan times everyone would stand as there were no pews in the churches. When the marriage ceremony was over the wedding procession would return to their homes. The families of the couple would sometimes enjoy a wedding feast and were wished a long and happy life.]]> 2018-12-17 14:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ayongyenrod/grrb1ltd53kp/wish/315185010