medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Probably not - but I think the point is that marriage was a secular arrangement over which the church tried to exert some control from the time of Alexander III - that's why there were customary forms such as verba de presenti, verba de futuro (+ consummation) and latterly in facie ecclesie. The ceremony in the porch thus represented the secular origin. Well, that's one interpretation - I've simplified it.
D.
I think we are getting carried away. I don't think weddings *had* to be in
church porches (rather than the nave) - unless the country was under
Interdict (this is from a distant memory of "1066 And All That"!)
John Briggs
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