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A '''wedding''' is the formal [[ceremony]] which marks a [[marriage]].<br>

It represents the recognition and marking, by [[society]], of the legal, social and societal changes involved in marriage: the changes of status, the transfer of [[family|familial]] responsibilities (which may also include transfers of [[property]]. In many [[period]] cultures the wedding is also the [[religion|religious]] ritual sealing the marriage and validating it.

Generally a wedding will also draw approval from its local community, offering an opportunity for celebration and relaxation amongst the rigours of the [[medieval]] life.

Some cultures valued the wedding higher than others: in one notable example, a [[Muslim]] [[army]] relaxed its [[seige]] of a [[Crusade]]r [[castle]], when the Muslim general learned that a wedding had just occurred.  [[Food]] and [[drink]] were allowed in, and impromptu wedding gifts were sent in, to satisfy the proprieties that the wedding couple should be honoured.

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