Marriage History - Overviews
Marriage, courtship and divorce practices, shedding light on the roles and status of women, wives and widows - overviews and general information.
Dowager - Explanation of the Title Dowager
An explanation of the title Dowager often used in conjunction with royalty and the peerage, as in Dowager Queen or Dowager Empress.
History of Marriage
Sheri and Bob Stritof, About.com Guides to Marriage, present an article outlining the history of marriage.
Leap Year Traditions
About's Marriage Guides, Sheri and Bob Stritof, present some history of the Leap Year tradition of the woman proposing marriage to the man.
Divorce: An American Tradition
Summary of 1991 book by Glenda Riley, documenting laws and practice related to divorce from colonial America to today.
History of Marriage
From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia. An official history from the Roman Catholic perspective.