Marriage Age in Christian Lands in the Past.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭.

Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
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Anne Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk, was married in 1478 at the age of 5, to Richard of Shrewsbury, the younger of the Princes in the Tower. She died in 1481 aged 8.

Cecile of France (aged 8/9) was married to Tancred, Prince of Galilee (aged 30/31), in late

1106. As he was dying in 1112, Tancred made

Sibylla of Anjou (aged about 11) was married to William Clito (aged 20/21) in 1123.

to Henry the Young King (aged 17) in 1172. They had been betrothed since 1160, when Margaret was about 2 and Henry was 5.

Eleanor of England, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England, married 15-year-old Alfonso VIII of Castile in 1170, when she was about 9 years old.

1396, King Richard II of England, a 29-year-old man, married the 6-year-old Isabella of Valois.

Isabelle of France (1389-1409)

In the United States 1880s, most States had the age of consent set at ages 10 or 12, except for Delaware which lowered it to 7 years of age,

Is this proof that Christianity is evil?

Do Christians have the moral high ground?

The Catholic Church allowed contracts for marriage at 7 years old until the 1917 Code of Canon Law,

So, prior to 1917 could marry a 7-year-old.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

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The hypocritical abhorrent stance of anti-Islam is really mind-boggling for the very simple fact, that they are themselves are fruits of very young marriages, so all humanity are the fruits of very young marriages as well.

Hundred years ago, people everywhere around the world used to get married as soon as the girl reaches puberty. There is a very famous confirmed case for the youngest confirmed mother in history in Spain.

The mother’s age was around five years old when she gave birth. The mother’s name was Lina Medina. Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlina meˈðina]; born 23 September 1933) is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth aged five years, seven months, and 21 days. Based on the medical assessments of her pregnancy, she was less than five years old when she became pregnant, which was possible due to precocious puberty