Elizabethan Marriage Vs Modern Marriage Research Paper

Procedures

The marriage ceremony involved the crying of the banns, the betrothal, the bridal procession, and the wedding ceremony. To cry the banns, means that the priest would announce a couple's motive to marry on three uninterrupted Sundays or holy days, in the community church. This was done so any disapproval could be raised or any earlier marriage contracts could be discovered. If the crying of the banns was not done then it would be treated as an illegal marriage (Alchin, Elizabethan Weddings and Arrangements). After the crying of the banns there would be a betrothal, also known as an engagement, where the couple would hold hands, and the bride would be given a ring to wear on her right hand, the ring would be moved to her left after she was married. The dowry and the jointure would also be determined, and a marriage pledge would be signed(Ros ,Betrothal and Wedding). Following the betrothal there would
For example the crying of the banns. The crying of the banns is still done today in England, for church marriages, but it is not very common for marriages that are not done in a church. The next example is of the betrothal. In modern times this is known as an engagement, where a man would get down on his knees with a ring and ask his girlfriend to marry him(in most cases).Though in modern times there are no dowries, only gifts which they may give to each other. In Elizabethan marriages the next step in the procedure is the bridal procession, but in today's time the church is most likely not walking distance away, so the entire wedding party would get to the church in a limo. During the wedding ceremony the groom would stand at the front of the church with his groomsmen, then the bride would walk down the aisle and would be given away by her father. Then the couple would say their wedding vows and then there would be a reception where ALL the guests would be served