Michael Jones

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.

However, they would often include clauses that consummation,

However, they would often include clauses that consummation could not happen.

could not happen.

She notes in her book Medieval Maidens, for example, that when the king of Aragon was giving his daughter away at a young age, there was a clause, you cannot consummate this marriage until much later.

She notes in her book, Medieval Maidens, for example, that when the king of Aragon was giving his daughter away at a young age, there was a clause, you cannot consummate this marriage until much later.

She notes that consummation of marriages, again, was not happening until late teens to early 20s.

She notes that consummation of marriages, again, was not happening till late teens to early 20s.

So it didn't happen at all?

So it didn't happen at all, is what you're saying?

It didn't happen at all.

It didn't happen at all.

I'm not saying it didn't happen at all.

I'm not saying it didn't happen at all.

So it didn't happen.

So it didn't happen.

But here's the difference between these issues.

But here's the difference between these issues.

We don't go around saying people that committed child marriage are excellent moral examples.

We don't go around saying people that committed child marriage are excellent moral examples.