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Weddings are an ancient tradition, and over the millenia the various rituals associated with (theoretically) life-long partnership have evolved and changed. One ritual in particular became both prominent and controversial in the West: the act of newly-married couples smashing wed ... Show More

A finales de la República y durante el Imperio, los miembros de la élite romana se divorciaban con cualquier pretexto mediante un sencillo trámite. 

Weddings are an ancient tradition, and over the millenia the various rituals associated with (theoretically) life-long partnership have evolved and changed. One ritual in particular became both prominent and controversial in the West: the act of newly-married couples smashing wed ... Show More

In this episode of Thick & Thin, we're tracing back tradition and unpacking the history of the wedding industry. I explore the origins behind modern marriage practices and discover that the meaning of the white wedding dress goes much deeper than the long-spun western tale of pur ... Show More

All this month on the History Hit family of podcasts, we've been marking LGBT+ History Month. To round off the month, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates an extraordinary episode, long denied by scholars. In 1578, a same-sex community that gathered in a church, performing ma ... Show More

In der letzten Folge habe ich über das Heiraten und die Hochzeit in Deutschland gesprochen. In dieser Fortsetzung geht es um typische Hochzeitstraditionen! Junggesellenabschied, gemeinsames Sägen, Brautstraußwurf und vieles mehr! Das Transkript dieser Folge findest du kostenlos a ... Show More

We love a wedding. The dress, the flowers, the demon threatening the purity of the bride. So romantic. What...you didn't realize that so many wedding traditions centered around keeping the bride safe from harmful spirits? In true Ladies & Tangents fashion, we decided to ask "why? ... Show More