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The Marriage of the Virgin painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520 CE). Around 1504 CE. (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy)

Title page of Defending Clerical Marriage (1524), an open letter by reformer and theologian Katharina Zell (nee Schütz, l. 1497-1562).

Rosalind Tutoring Orlando in the Ceremony of Marriage in William Shakespeare's As You Like It, Act IV Scene I, oil on canvas by Walter Howell Deverell, c. 1853 Birmingham...

Set on the North African coast, Tunisia is home to some of the finest Roman ruins in the Mediterranean. After the fall of Carthage, Rome transformed the region into the prosperous province of Africa...

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-marriage-alex-gendler A white, puffy dress. Eternal love. A joint tax return. Marriage means something different to everyone and has changed over...

Romeo and Juliet are married in secret by Friar Laurence, as depicted in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, oil on canvas painting by P. Leroy, c. 1880. Private collection.

The god Hymen marries the four couples at the end of William Shakespeare's romantic comedy As You Like It (1599), drawing by Thomas Stothard, late 18th or early 19th century. Folger Shakespeare Library...

The ancient Romans had a rich mythology and, while much of it was derived from their neighbors and predecessors, the Greeks, it still defined the rich history of the Roman people as they eventually grew into an empire. Roman writers...

Batavian revolt was a rebellion of the Batavians against the Romans in 69-70 CE. After initial successes by their commander Julius Civilis, the Batavians were ultimately defeated by the Roman general Quintus Petillius Cerialis...

Roman women faced legal, ideological, and cultural limitations in several areas of their lives; deep-rooted traditions regarding the role of women in the Roman world resulted in pre-conceived views which saw women characterised...