Noble Women's Marriage Of Western Europe In The Middle Ages

Marriage is the most common phenomenon in human society. Society is a collection of relationships, the family is the cell of society, It is the most basic element to achieve the human self-reproduction. Different civilizations, different societies have different marriage and customs. Marriage of the West Europe in the Middle ages has always very far from us, but we can still see faintly some "ruins" in today's marriage. Solemn wedding ceremonies and pious vows of love in church can be both traced back to that era. The content of this article is based on western European of middle-ages, focusing on the noble women of upper ruling class. The purpose is to learn about their life, economy status in the family, social status in society.Christian concept of marriage, the social environment, as well as the love of the knight have an effect on the marriage of the Middle-ages. I tried to express it further understanding to you.Christianity has been established as cannon law in the Middle Ages, therefore, the concept of marriage of that time was inevitably affected. At the same time, traditional concept and practice interest also have an influence on it. Women including noble women were belittled in the main body of the Christian concept about marriage,and the medieval secular common law also provided that young people couldn't be married without parents' permission, autonomy of marriage was restricted.Marriage has become the way to achieve the interests between two families, and the noble women has become the victims of the political marriage. Such a lack of love-based marriage is one of the results that happened between noble women and the knights, the emotion is not for the purpose of marriage, which only seek to spiritual consolation. It impacted on the marriage directly. About the marriage and the family life of noble women, we mainly study from their family status, economic status, as well as household management, through which,we can make a comprehensive and detailed understanding about noble women's marital status. As a ruling class of aristocratic women, like most ordinary women, played the role of wife and mother, and assumed the heavy housework, in addition,among them, some outstanding noble women participated in political, military, and cultural events actively, writing a magnificent chapter in history. About the end of 11 century and the beginning of the 12century,emergence of the knight love concept assaulted the traditional idea of the church about depreciation and contempt of women, especially in for the noble women.they become pure,noble embodiment,causing a lot of knights seeking. On the other hand, the conduct of the Crusades provided the stage for the noble women who showed their special talents. Therefore, noble women's position improved gradually. As a result,the roles of them in marriage began to change quickly, leading to the certain influence on their marriage.