That's nice for one religion, not practiced by everybody and never part of any secular law.
And if Leviticus in Christianity matches up with that same book in Jewish scripture, women had exactly half the value of men in the lord's eyes. Try again.
You are such an ideologue! The point is that marriage as an institution existed long before the medieval era. You can't change that.
King David begs to differ.
What do you mean, "King David begs to differ"? Which of his sins do you think demonstrate that marriage as an institution didn't exist prior to the medieval era?
His many, many concubines, of course. And Gideon's. And...etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc. Admit it: polygamy, not monogamy, is Jewish tradition.
Ah, you're not talking about marriage at all, you're talking about monogamy. Is that it?