The Official Website of Matthew Bourne'scontained some insightful examples by Peg Helminski of how marriage, contrary to what opponents of same-sex marriage may assert, has already been "redefined" in numerous ways throughout human history. It just so happens that I'm currently reading , the fifth novel in 's . An example of historical fiction at its finest, the twelve novels are set in Cornwall at the turn of the nineteenth century (1783-1820). You may recall that the first seven novels in this saga were made into a highly successful in the mid-1970s. The series' protagonist is the non-conformist, near-rebel Ross Poldark. In the of the series he is introduced as a young, battle-scarred veteran of the American Revolutionary War returning to his derelict family estate on the windswept coastline of Cornwall. Here he finds his widowed father dead and the woman he loves, Elizabeth Chynoweth, engaged to his cousin Francis. Bitterly disappointed, Ross nevertheless vows to move on with his life.

He restores his family's estate, reopens the family copper and tin mines, and scandalizes his fellow gentry folk by marrying a miner's daughter named . After the tragic death of Francis in , Elizabeth marries George Warleggan who, for a number of reasons, has become a bitter rival of Ross. One of the storylines in involves the arranged marriage of the shy and gentle Morwenna Chynoweth to the odious Rev. Osbourne Whitworth. Morwenna is Elizabeth's cousin and the governess of Geoffrey Charles, Elizabeth's son by her marriage to Francis Poldark. It is, however, Elizabeth's second husband, the extremely wealthy and ambitious George Warleggan, who is the driving force behind the arranging of a "useful marriage" for Morwenna. (In the popular television series, Morwenna is played by , pictured above.) I offer this background information so as to set the stage for the following excerpt from , one that entertainingly though disturbingly illustrates a once common way of perceiving and undertaking marriage.

In so doing, it strikingly brings to life Peg Helminski's observation that for centuries in the West, and still today in many parts of the world, marriage was rooted in patriarchy and thus primarily about the securing of property and heirs, and the forging of alliances, and about mutual love. I don't know about you, but I'm certainly glad that this way of marriage is not as dominant in our world as it once was. – Excerpted from The Black Moon: A Novel of Cornwall, 1794-1795 (1972) Winston Graham’s The Black Moon: Violence the Basis of Order; Coerced Marriage as Continual Rape – Ellen Moody (Ellen and Jim Have a Blog, Two, September 30, 2010). See also the previous Wild Reed posts: Stephanie Coontz on the Changing Face of "Traditional Marriage" John Corvino on the "Always and Everywhere" Argument Against Marriage Equality Patrick Ryan on the "Defense of Traditional Marriage" Argument Nathanial Frank on the "Natural Law" Argument Marriage: "Part of What is Best in Human Nature"

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