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Marriage Reforms of Religious Reformers in Early Modern Europe
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The Reformation in the 16-17th century was in a transition period from Middle age to Modern time. During this time, politics, economy, religion and culture developed rapidly. Through the Reformation, people were liberated from control of church and diadem, and some new credos of ethic and morality were constituted. The marriage reform was one of many reform projects by religious reformers, who presented their opinions on marriage and made their own marriage become true. Their married practice made a big blow on the celibacy of Catholic. The marriage reform which was proposed by reformers affected the development of matrimony in Europe, and it was an important progress in the history of human marriage. However, the statuses of women were still lower, and the reformers also emphasized patriarchy, which was a shortage of the reformation in marriage.
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