Medieval Madness

Love and Marriage for Medieval Citizens...

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When most people think about medieval marriages they are either practical, cold, and loveless, or the idealised “courtly love” of chivalric knights and damsels in distress. But what was married life and love really like in the Middle Ages? Let’s travel back in time and take a look. Welcome to Medieval Madness.

0:00 Introduction
0:30 To Honour & Obey
2:15 Broken Promises
3:53 For Richer…
4:49 For Poorer…
6:10 With This Ring…
7:39 Till Death Do Us Part?
9:42 To Love And To Cherish

Narrated by James Wade
Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe 
Edited by Jamit Productions