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Hardcore Rping means every aspect is Roleplayed. And If I am imagining this correctly, this whole universe is like the late 1400's. at that time it was common for a 14 year old girl to marry a 47 year old man, if it were in the nobility. it also took place among the commoners. So that is what I am imagining. Just your friendly neighborhood gay boy! =)

26-Sep-2015 01:03:30

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I disagree with the whole "crossing lines" ideology. If you find a line, you cross it. drawing the line just doesn't cut it for me, ideas are ideas, and if no one likes it, then I see no reason to change my character, because that just means it's time to go to the drawing board again. and you can make your character as hated as you want. What I do is that I separate myself from morals in whatever role I play. When it comes to "not crossing the line" I'm going to take that as a challenge and cross it anyway. Just your friendly neighborhood gay boy! =)

26-Sep-2015 01:11:34 - Last edited on 26-Sep-2015 01:13:36 by Pink 4 Twink

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"at that time it was common for a 14 year old girl to marry a 47 year old man, if it were in the nobility. it also took place among the commoners."

I am not aware of this being the case. Off the top of my head, Bad King John wanted to marry a young girl, but the king's letter was rejected by the nobles. In Europe, it was uncommon for girls to marry old men, as marriage for nobles was usually arranged upon birth. For example, a prince and princess, both born on the same day, would end up married. If that could not happen, politically, young princes sometimes married princesses much older than they were; mothers almost always arranged the marriages.

Henry VIII was an exception, as his mother was quite young; oddly enough, the Renaissance brought less rights for women and children, whereas the medieval world was expected to respect women and children (for example, husbands and sons were expected to kneel before the woman of the house every time they entered it; this was mandatory for nobles).

So, by the looks of it, medieval Europe did not have an emphasis on child marriage. Child marriage was common in the Islamic world and India though, and still is some parts due to religious and cultural issues.

26-Sep-2015 01:26:50 - Last edited on 26-Sep-2015 01:28:06 by Azigarath

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