Question

for the puritans love was not a prerequisite for marriage. they believed that the choice of a marriage partner should be guided by rational considerations of property, religious piety, and family interest, not by physical attraction, personal feelings, or romantic love. prerequisite: requirement rational: practical or logical piety: devotion steven mintz and susan kellogg, the godly family of colonial massachusetts, in domestic revolutions: a social history of american life. copyright 1988 by the free press. anne bradstreets poem, to my dear and loving husband, 1678 if ever two were one, then surely we; if ever man were loved by wife, then thee; if ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women, if you can. i prize thy love more than whole mines of gold, or all the riches that the east doth hold. based on the passages, which of the following statements about puritan marriage are true? select all that apply. puritan marriages were generally unhappy. puritans often married for practical reasons such as money or property. puritans sometimes fell in love. puritans believed that romantic love was always

Explanation:

The text states that for Puritans, marriage was guided by rational considerations like property, religious piety, and family interest, not romantic love. Anne Bradstreet's poem shows love within a Puritan - era marriage. So, Puritans often married for practical reasons as stated in the first passage, and the poem implies they could also fall in love. There is no evidence that Puritan marriages were generally unhappy.

Answer:

B. Puritans often married for practical reasons such as money or property.
C. Puritans sometimes fell in love.