Anyway, if you read marriage certificates from church records, a full 85% of first marriages for young women were around 18-19 years old. The rest skewed higher, into the early twenties, with only a few being below that age and only one in a thousand was younger than 16.
The age of puberty has declined over the centuries as girls get better nutrition, as well, so throughout the middle ages the age at which a girl could expect her first period was around 16, where modern girls often get it much younger.
The idea that women in earlier ages were married and mothers in their early teens is a myth. Marriages of children were usually only between noble families, and made for political reasons, or creepy old bastards who wanted a child-wife and could get away with it because they were rich and powerful. They often would point to the fact that the Roman elite did the same thing as justification. The Romans, of course, would point to the Greeks doing the same thing as justification, the Greeks pointed at the Assyrians, and so on back through the ages.
It was considered disgusting by normal people then and still is.
This myth is still brought out and touted by sick fuckers. Know it for what it is; a falsehood.
@firmmaster515
“Good ol’ Tumblr. Making up history that flies in the face of well known historical record so they can be upset. Marriage at 14 ans younger was common throughout much of the world and history. You hit puberty, you’re ready to make it happen.”
No. I cited well known historical record. This is public record and easily available in digitized form, and is widely known by medieval scholars who study the primary sources. But if you want it in more accesible form, go read the following.
“Medieval Households”, David Herlihy, Harvard University Press, 1985. He did extensive research in European records from the time.
“The world we have lost”, Peter Laslett. Details over a thousand marriage certificates from the time. He read through thousands more to write the work.
There are many more excellent scholarly sources that have been cited by other people who study history in the notes on this post.
The only one making up history that flies in the face of historical record to justify attraction to children here is you.
@firmmaster515
This mysterious public record you talk about citing, but you insist no one bother because it’s so hard to comb through and never say where or when you’re even getting your data. 1700s Britain is going to be wildly different than 1200s Venice and 600s German states. Even across the world today, the age of legal marriage without parental consent is 16. And even in the US there is no minimum age with parental consent.
So anyway guys here’s a fuckin pedo for you all to block.
And, just so ya know buddy, you can find digitized church records from the medieval period by, like, googling them. I recommended those books because some people find the records somewhat daunting and I wished to offer a good source that is easily read.
You can go read through the church records all ya want go right ahead. Please do. I want you to.
Oh and here’s a chart listing the average age for first marriage in every country in the entire world and yep it says I’m right.
And they’re not that different. After studying all of those periods, the age of marriage remains remarkably consistent; 17-19, ranging upwards into the early twenties.
Anyway go read those sources for a few months bud then get back to me when you’re ready to stop getting your ‘historical’ info from Game of Thrones.
