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Legal historian Rebecca Probert explores the history of marriage in England and Wales over the past 500 years <\/p>

By Rachel Dinning\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 05 April 2024 at 08:50 AM<\/p>

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Over the last 500 years, countless people in England and Wales have decided to tie the knot. But what motivated people in the past to get married? What inspired the traditional wedding vows? And when was the first divorce in Britain? Legal historian Rebecca Probert explores how ideas about marriage \u2013 and the laws around it \u2013 have changed in England and Wales over the last five centuries.<\/p>\n\n

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