Michael Jones

Therefore, they get to choose who they want to marry.

And Tom Holland says they were stepping on the toes of patriarchs everywhere.

And Tom Holland says they were stepping on the toes of patriarchs everywhere.

They were saying, these girls have a right to choose who they want to marry.

They were saying, these girls have a right to choose who they want to marry.

So they were marrying these couples in secret and they invited witnesses in to do that.

So they were marrying these couples in secret and they invited witnesses in to do that.

They started to destroy these old norms from the ancient world where women were property more than any other religion.

They started to destroy these old norms from the ancient world where women were property more than any other religion.

Tom Holland also notes in his book when the abolitionists showed up in Morocco, they were told you can't come here because banning slavery would be against our religion.

Tom Holland also notes in his book when the abolitionists showed up in Morocco,

They were told, you can't come here because banning slavery would be against our religion.

This idea, I mean, there's just so much.

This idea, I mean, there's just so much.

You talk about Delaware being the average age.

You talk about Delaware being the average age.

Again, that was a cultural thing that allowed for early arranging of marriages.

Again, that was a cultural thing that allowed for early arranging of marriages.

If you read historians like Kim Phillips, she notes that often in times when these early arranged marriages throughout the European world and their expansion, when those were put into practice, it was about saying, hey, you can arrange this marriage early, sometimes between elites.

If you read historians like Kim Phillips,