England gerogian era dating

Couples usually met each other ON the day of the wedding .This was a very well known tradition among well known nobilities.Even today these marriage ceremonies are considered to have a religious intonation.The ceremony would vary but the prerequisites before the matrimony was always the same.

Boy would often not marry until they reached the age of consent, 21.The chief difference between then and today, is that back then the woman possessed very little right in choosing her husband.The matrimony was arranged by families of the bride and the groom in order for the two sides to benefit from one another.Mostly, these were arranged marriages keeping wealth and reputation into consideration.Families of landowners were expected to marry just to attain land possession.