There was the development of Feudalism, The Crusades, The Magna Carta, The Hundred Years' War, The Black Death, and the disagreements between Popes and Kings.
In 1753, however, the Marriage Act, promoted by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Hardwicke, declared that all marriage ceremonies must be conducted by a minister in a parish church or chapel of the Church of England to be legally binding.
Indiana Vital Records. This entry was originally written by Carol L. Maki and Michael John Neill for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. The first law regulating marriages in Indiana occurred in 1788, but marriage licenses became mandatory in 1800.