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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, what exactly is the purpose of marriage for women now?Combining "a scholar's rigor and a storyteller's craft"(San Jose Mercury News), distinguished cultural historian Marilyn Yalom charts the evolution of marriage in the Judeo Christian world through the centuries and shows how radically our ideas about marriage have changed.For any woman who is, has been, or ever will be married, this intellectually vigorous and gripping historical analysis of marriage sheds new light on an institution most people take for granted, and that may, in fact, be experiencing its most convulsive upheaval since the Reformation.
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Family & Relationships, Nonfiction, Women's Studies, Ehefrau, Married women, Gehuwde vrouwen, Femmes mariées, Histoire, Women, Marriage, Mariage, Sozialgeschichte, Femmes, Housewives, Femmes au foyer, History, Wives, Women, history, Women, social conditions, Marriage, religious aspects, Sex role, religious aspects, Women, religious lifeShowing 7 featured editions. View all 7 editions?
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A History of the Wife
October 2004, Rivers Oram Press
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A History of the Wife
February 1, 2002, Harper Perennial
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