A History of the Wife
Ehefrau
Sex role, religious aspects
Marriage, religious aspects
Femmes mariées
Sozialgeschichte
Housewives
Women, history
Wives
Women, religious life
Mariage
Married women
Women's studies
Women, social conditions
Femmes
Marriage
Family relationships
Women
Nonfiction
History
How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose of marriage was procreation, wh…
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