Life in the Middle Ages

 One of the new directions in medieval studies is a focus on performative acts.  Like many aspects of medieval studies, once scholars got pa...

I have previously blogged about how marriages were arranged in the Middle Ages and the way that weddings were held.  Today I want to talk ...

These days, it sometimes seems as if it's not a "real" wedding without a few hundred guests, elaborate food, music and dancing...

Modern assumptions about marriage were created in the Middle Ages.  Ancient Judaism had assumed a powerful man would have multiple wives and...