@Ricotta@yggdrasil.social @Eiregoat@nicecrew.digital Northern Europeans typically had more equal relationships however southern Euros tolerated larger age gaps. I say this as a Med. It was wrong. We had pretty "patriarchal" cultures in ancient Rome & Greece.
@Vivernu @Eiregoat @Ricotta It was the norm everywhere
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/child-marriage-rationale-historical-views-and-consequences.html
Child marriages involving only one marriage partner below the age of 18, usually the female, are also quite common. Throughout history till the 20th century, child marriages were the norm in most parts of the world
Girls were usually married off as soon as they reached puberty or sometimes even prior to that
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v16n02_03
Age of Consent throughout history has usually coincided with the age of puberty although at sometimes it has been as early as seven. Early on age of consent was a familial or tribal matter and only became a legal one in the Greco-Roman period. The Roman tradition served as the base for Christian Europe as well as the Christian Church itself which generally, essentially based upon biological development, set it at 12 or 14 but continued to set the absolute minimum at seven.
Take the US, UK, or Vikings as examples of northern Whites
Viking women married young—as early as 12 years old. By the age of 20, virtually all men and women were married.
https://www.historyonthenet.com/viking-society-women-and-children
