Question

What is one reason that people in the Middle Ages started marrying younger?

Answer 1

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A young man from a renowned family would marry between age of 16 to 21. A scholar, would marry after certain achievement at age of 30 to 50. While women of normal families would be marry off at age between 9 to 21. Young peasants would marry when they could afford to.

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Answer 2

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In the middle ages, girls were typically in their teens when they married, and boys were in their early twenties. The arrangement of the marriage was based on monetary worth. The family of the girl who was to be married would give a dowry, or donation, to the boy she was to marry.

With the rise of towns, however, even a peasant girl's marriage might be arranged if someone locally did not wish to marry her. For all classes, girls had to be at least 12 years old, and boys had to be at least 14 years old before they could marry.

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