Pros And Cons Of The 1300s

Marriage has been considered by many to be a sacred practice for hundreds of years. However, the ideals surrounding these unions have shifted from the medieval 1300s to the modern day 2016. Marriages today are revolved around the couple's feelings for each other and the financial and social aspects are irrelevant in most cases. The marriages in 2016 are quite an improvement over the unions of the 1300s which were often more centered around social and monetary gain than the couple's actual feelings and happiness.

The marriages of the 1300s were a very different picture from the unions today. In the 14th century marriages often involved very little input from the couple themselves and were negotiated by the families. These negotiations sometimes occurred before the couple could even walk or one participant was even born. Marriages in this time relied heavily on what each family could gain. In the article “Marriage in England in the fourteenth century” it is stated “Consideration of property and the alliance of families might be very important in
In the short story “Federigo’s Falcon” by Giovanni Boccaccio evidence is shown that points to the change that was coming. In Boccaccio’s story a widow named Monna Giovanna was urged relentlessly by her brothers to remarry as she was wealthy and young. Nonetheless Monna stood her ground finally agreeing to remarry but only on her terms. This small action spoke volumes, though it was something that would most certainly not have happened at the time it illustrated the need for change and foreshadowed the coming of such change. Now, centuries later that change has made marriage a beautiful thing in 2016 people can marry just about whoever they want and actual love is at the center of it all and is now the main focus of this age old