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BETROTHAL CEREMONY

The bride and groom got to the church together with their parents and relatives, whereas the priest verified their identity and proceeded with betrothal declaration: "…do you vow to marry…?". After the marriage was arranged a wedding notice was posted on the door of the church. The notice was put up to ensure that there were no grounds for prohibiting the marriage.

WEDDING CEREMONY

The wedding ceremony was very similar to the betrothal, but obviously more solemn: the church ceremony in the middle ages took place outside the church door before entering the church for a nuptial mass. The bride and groom had to be dressed in red wedding gowns and the bride had to wear her long hair loose covering them with a veil (both bride and groom were then covered with this veil).

Then followed the wedding ring exchange, which was put on the ring finger, as the ancient Romans believed that the vein in the third finger ran directly to the heart, so the wearing of rings on that finger joined the couple's hearts and destinies.

The wedding rings in the noble families also carried the names of the bride and groom or their vows.

At the ring exchange moment the wedding guests started pushing and hitting one another, to remember the moment forever (there were no marriage certificates or any documents at the time). The bride and groom then bowed their head to be blessed by the priest. After that they shared a single wafer divided in two parts, took a sip from the same goblet and put a candle to Saint Virgin.

At the end of the ceremony, the bride and groom with their families left the church only to go to the local cemetery to pray to the dead.

On the way home the relatives threw rice and grain at the bride and groom to represent fertility and continuity (pagan tradition that has also become a modern one). The core of the medieval wedding celebrations was the same as weddings everywhere - a big feast: singing, dancing and eating a lot.

At sunset the priest blessed the room and the bed where the newlyweds would consummate the wedding, even if often the wedding part would take the bride and groom off separately to get ready for bed.

(source: www.medioevo.com)

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