TY - JOUR AU - Wojciechowska, Beata PY - 2018/09/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Zaślubiny w Polsce średniowiecznej JF - Saeculum Christianum JA - sc VL - 24 IS - 0 SE - Rozprawy i Artykuły DO - 10.21697/sc.2017.24.9 UR - https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/sc/article/view/2457 SP - 85-90 AB - <p>Marriage was an important moment in the lives of two people who decided to establish a family and enter into new family and neighbourhood arrangements. In the Middle Ages, Polish wedding ceremonies were given a ritual form. Sacred tradition merged with newer Christian content and marriage was recognized as a sacrament which symbolically emphasized the importance of events and was supposed to provide future happiness for the newlyweds. The wedding ceremony was preceded by three public announcements in church. It was laid down that the ceremony be held in church and with witnesses. The main elements were the handshake, the exchange of gifts in the form of wreaths, rings or other gifts, and the words spoken: I take you to be my husband/wife.</p> ER -