Background and ceremonial of military marriages in Spain

Abstract

Our society usually has the need to externalize and solemnize the culminating moments of life, one of them marriage. There are numerous publications related to civil marriage, but those related to the military ones are very rare.

The Armed Forces have always been considered a special group but, as members of society, they are not alien to the changes that have occurred throughout the history of Spain.

This work addresses the singularities of military marriage. In the first part, this article analyzes the historical and normative evolution of the military marriage in Spain. In the second part, to frame the subject, the current applicable regulations on the matter are collected, considering the general aspects from the civil and ecclesiastical points of view and, specifically, the military sphere.

The paper will finish detailing and analysing the different moments in the protocol and in the specific ceremonial of a military wedding today.