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  2. History of courtship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Romantic love was considered an immature basis for marriage. [4] In the 17th century, most colonies' laws required consent of parents to marriage, with some, such as New Haven and Plymouth Colony, requiring a young man to obtain a woman's father's consent even to pay court to her. Enforcement of such laws fell into disuse by the 18th century as ...

  3. History of same-sex unions - Wikipedia

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    In the United States during the 19th century, there was recognition of the relationship of two women making a long-term commitment to each other and cohabitating, referred to at the time as a Boston marriage; however, the general public at the time likely did not assume that sexual activities were part of the relationship. [51]

  4. McTeague - Wikipedia

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    McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, otherwise known as simply McTeague, is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899.It tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage, and their subsequent descent into poverty and violence as the result of jealousy and greed.

  5. Arcanum (encyclical) - Wikipedia

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    Arcanum outlines the rule of marriage in the late 19th century, and goes through those actions which weaken the marriage sacrament, such as polygamy and divorce. The encyclical also posits the Church as a protector of marriage, rather than one interfering in the marital relationship.

  6. Western European marriage pattern - Wikipedia

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    In addition, there was a sharp rise in the percentage of women who remained unmarried and thus decreased fertility; an Englishwoman marrying at the average age of 26 years in the late 17th century who survived her childbearing years would bear an average of 5.03 children while an Englishwoman making a comparable marriage in the early 19th ...

  7. Married Women's Property Act 1870 - Wikipedia

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    Before the Act was passed, women lost all ownership over their property when they became married: "From the early thirteenth century until 1870, English Common law held that most of the property that a wife had owned as a feme sole came under the control of the husband at the time of the marriage". [5]

  8. Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 - Wikipedia

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    The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The Act reformed the law on divorce, moving litigation from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the civil courts, establishing a model of marriage based on contract rather than sacrament and widening the availability of divorce beyond those who could afford to bring proceedings ...

  9. Marriage Act 1836 - Wikipedia

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    The Marriage Act 1836 [1] (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. c. 85), also known as the Act for Marriages in England 1836 or the Broomstick Marriage Act , was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that legalised civil marriage [ 4 ] in what is now England and Wales [ 5 ] from 30 June 1837.