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Arranged marriages were also practiced during the Elizabethan Era. Their purpose of arranged weddings was mostly religious along with the belief that the only job of a woman is to run a house hold and provide children for her husband(5). At this time, girls were expected to marry at the age of 12, While boys were married around the age of 14. Little to no consent was needed in order to arrange a wedding during the Elizabethan Era. Also, once a woman was married to a man, she was considered his property from there on. As a result of this, women were greatly dependent on their significant other for financial and life support(5).
Social classes that were involved in arranged marriages were typically nobility and royalty along with a few commoners. Nobles and royalty were wed by this manner in order to maintain a higher social status as well as maintain financial stability. In some cases, weddings would revolve around family relationship and or deals with one another(5).
Advantages of arranged marriages during this time consisted of better child/parent obedience, children making better, less impulsive decisions, and having a financially supporting spouse(4). Although, some disadvantages may include fear/resentment towards parents, abuse, divorce, and the risk of disobedience which may result in disownment or exile(4). Consequences for disobeying an arranged marriage usually involve the individual(s) to be exiled or disowned(4).
Social classes that were involved in arranged marriages were typically nobility and royalty along with a few commoners. Nobles and royalty were wed by this manner in order to maintain a higher social status as well as maintain financial stability. In some cases, weddings would revolve around family relationship and or deals with one another(5).
Advantages of arranged marriages during this time consisted of better child/parent obedience, children making better, less impulsive decisions, and having a financially supporting spouse(4). Although, some disadvantages may include fear/resentment towards parents, abuse, divorce, and the risk of disobedience which may result in disownment or exile(4). Consequences for disobeying an arranged marriage usually involve the individual(s) to be exiled or disowned(4).
