1. By: Cassidy Anderson & Emily Andrijowych
Elizabethan weddings
By: Cassidy Anderson & Emily Andrijowych

2. Wedding customs Elizabethan Wedding Customs
-Women’s weddings were the most important days of their life
-Marriages arranged for upper class
-Many met for the first time that day
-Arranged by wealth
-Example: King Henry 8th and Anne of Cleves #1

3. Life in Elizabethan England
Wedding Customs
-Bride was not expected to wear a white dress
-White was not popular until 19th century
-Normally wore brownish-pink shade
-If wealthy, women normally got a ring
with a poem engraved inside

4. marriage Rules
with parents permissions girls can marry at 12 & boys 14
common age: men 25/26 women 23
generally don’t live together as man and wife
bride lives with grooms family to learn duties

5. marriage contract commitment
begins with betrothal
seals contract with a kiss and signatures
breaks marriage without good; has to give back gifts

6. changing name how it works
Bride takes husband’s family name
still known by occupation or surname
also might be known as husbands first and last name

7. The Wedding Decorations
bridesmaids in charge of gifts for guests
garland; rosemary and roses
garland is carried until after ceremony then wore on head
father or the bride pays for everything
ribbon, gloves & scarves ; gifts

8. Wives Widows can own property & run a business
entitled to ⅓ of husbands estates
considered a good idea to re marry

9. Bibliography
"Renaissance, The Elizabethan World - Life in Tudor England." Renaissance, The Elizabethan World - Life in Tudor England. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb
"William Shakespeare." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2016
"Elizabeth's London." Google Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb