A History of Marriage A History of Marriage A History of Marriage, published by Seven Stories Press, is a non-fiction book by Elizabeth Abbott, the Canadian author of "A History of Celibacy" (1999) and "A History of Mistresses" (2003) that combines general history and personal histories of marriage. The book is a study of mostly North American rituals of courting, nuptials, marriage, sex, child-raising and divorce. Some topics covered are relative ages at which various societies from Chinese to Mormon married off their girls; details of the satisfying marriage of Martin Luther and former nun Katharina von Bora; the ruptured family units of Native
Bora (wind) Bora (wind) The bora is a northern to north-eastern katabatic wind in the Adriatic Sea. Similar nomenclature is used for north-eastern winds in other littoral areas of eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea basins. It is known in Greek as ("mpóra", pronounced "bora") and Italian as . In English, the name "bora" is used. The Serbo-Croatian name (бура) and Slovene are not etymologically related to "bora"; they derive from Common Slavic "burja" 'storm' (from the verb "*burĭti") and the meaning 'bora' developed later. The same root as "bora" is found in the name of the Greek mythological figure of Boreas (Βορέας),