Love and marriage.(Features) From: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) | Date: September 15, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: MARTIN RIGBY

MARRIAGE can be traced back to the dawn of civilisation.

And throughout recorded history this connection has taken place in many forms and rituals.

Various rules have applied at different times and in different cultures. Some marriages take place between specific family groups; western society is monogamous (where a man takes one wife) others are polygamous, where many wives are taken as the norm.

In many societies the visual mark of marriage is the wearing of a wedding ring, a tradition which is believed to have been established in ancient ...

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