When I was in college, one of my favorite instructors was a grad student who had met, proposed to, and eloped with the woman he married, all in the space of three weeks. They were blissfully happy together, and I hope that hasnt changed, because the theme of his story was the sheer madness of having married on such short acquaintance.

Henry VIII agreed to marry Anne after seeing this portrait by Hans Holbein.

Take the case of King Henry VIIIs marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves....