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⌈ Secret Post #5232 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

The only thing that bothers me about those arguments is when people act like everyone was marrying off 14 year olds to 40 year olds back then. In general, people got married at a relatively young age, but age gaps of more than a few years were rare for first marriages. The age gap tended to be bigger in second marriages, which were commonly between widows/widowers with children.

[(Anonymous)]

If I recall correctly, it wasn't even true that everybody would marry so young. People had to preferrably have a way of earning a leaving before they decided to get married, so often they waited for a while to earn a trade, get some land, etc. This whole marrying 12- or 14-year-olds (to each other/older ppeople) was basically reserved solely for the aristocracy and the act of marriage was often not the same as its consumation (which could happen much later). The /vast/ majority of people married at ages close to what we would nowaydays consider fairly early, but perfectly normal.

[(Anonymous)]

Lower-to-middle class people tended to marry in their late teens, early 20s. So, earlier then most people get married now, but nothing crazy. Generally, if you discount the aristocracy and weird political marriages, the wealthier you were, the later you married. Trades/positions held by wealthier classes generally required additional education and longer apprenticeships. You might be apprenticed to a weaver as a child and be ready to make your own living in your late teens, but if you're training to be a textiles merchant, they'll not set you loose until you're in your early twenties. And, if you're poor and have 11 kids at home, encouraging the 16+ ones to start their own households makes the stew go further and frees up space.