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{In 16th century European society} Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to reach the public eye. And after marriage followed, in theory, the total self-abnegation of the woman.

( Antonia Fraser )
[ The Wives of Henry VIII ]
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