Andrea Mansker
David E. [unnamed] Professor of Modern European History specializing in French cultural and gender history, author of Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France, and an expert on the history of marriage and matchmaking in 19th-century France.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 50min
Andrea Mansker, "Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France" (Cornell UP, 2024)
Andrea Mansker, David E. Undertale Professor of Modern European History who studies French cultural and gender history. She traces 19th-century matchmaking from anonymous brokers and theatrical ads to democratized services aimed at lower-middle-class clients. The conversation covers revolutionary marriage law changes, competing matchmaker styles, the press’s role, and scandals that reshaped the business.
Feb 24, 2026 • 50min
Andrea Mansker, "Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France" (Cornell UP, 2024)
Andrea Mansker, a historian of French cultural and gender history, discusses professional matchmakers in postrevolutionary France. She traces how revolutionary laws, urban change, and newspapers turned courtship into a commodified market. Short scenes of ads, anonymous letters, theatrical portrayals, fraud fears, and rival matchmaking styles bring the 19th-century marriage trade to life.
