Matrimony In Renaissance Women

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Today brides are often identifiable by their dress, however, a modern woman’s marital status is not apparent from her clothing. A Renaissance woman’s marriage, on the contrary, would be marked by her acquisition of a wardrobe reflecting her change of status from maiden to matron and her transition from her father’s household to that of her husband’s. A woman’s clothing was thus specifically associated with matrimony in Renaissance Italy, from the beginning of her marriage to its end.

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