The History Of Wedding Invitation Cards
Imagine, you are walking around the town center. All of a sudden, you hear someone yelling. Then you realize it’s the town crier! He’s announcing a wedding ! “ Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Joyous news for all the town! Be it known to all hearers that Abigayle Mey Wickersham and Johnathan Elsworth Merriweather are to be married at three-o’clock on Saturday the eighteenth of May. Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye! “ Congratulations! You are now invited to Abby and John’s wedding. The year is 1418 . The printing press hasn’t been invented yet, and the majority of your town is illiterate. This is the way that you were invited to a wedding. Anyone that heard the town crier announce this marriage would be invited to the celebration. Preceding Gutenberg’s invention of the moveable-type printing press in 1447 , the tumultuous tradition of oral wedding invitations was the norm for most commoners, continuing until the 1600’s and beyond. However, for those who w...