Marriage in the Middle Ages
From Museum of Femininity by Charlotte Appleyard
January 19, 2026 · 30 min
About this episode
This episode explores the history of marriage in the Middle Ages, focusing on engagement, weddings, and the differences between social classes.
Marriage in the Middle Ages Welcome back to the Museum of Femininity, in today's episode we start a new series analysing the history of marriage, but more specifically the process of getting engaged, weddings and how people celebrated this happy occasion throughout history. Here we will be looking at the Middle Ages in Britain, the differences between a peasant wedding and an upper class wedding, why people married, what a wedding involved and how traditions of the past were similar and diffe...
People in this episode
Host: Charlotte Appleyard
Topics covered
- history of marriage
- engagement process
- wedding traditions
- peasant weddings
- upper class weddings
Keywords
- marriage
- Middle Ages
- weddings
- Britain
- traditions
- peasant
- upper class
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Museum of Femininity
Places: Britain
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