Love and Marriage for Medieval Citizens Posted: March 13, 2025 | Last updated: March 13, 2025 When most people think about medieval marriages they are either practical, cold, and loveless, or the ...

By the late medieval period the marriage vows contained the phrase ‘till death do us part’, emphasizing the seriousness of the commitment that was being made. And it certainly was serious!

Series in which historian and author Helen Castor explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life - birth, marriage and death.