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Courtship and marriage in Tudor England (1485–1603) marked the legal rite of passage [1] for individuals as it was considered the transition from youth to adulthood. It was an affair that often involved not only the man and woman in courtship but their parents and families as well.
The UK is made up of three jurisdictions: Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England and Wales. Each has quite different systems of family law and courts. This article concerns only England and Wales. Family law encompasses divorce, adoption, wardship, child abduction and parental responsibility. It can either be public law or private law.
In medieval England, according to common law, childhood ranged from the birth of a child until he or she reached the age of 12. At this point, the child was seen as capable and competent to understand his or her actions, thus rendering them responsible for themself. According to canon law, girls could marry at the age of 12 and boys at the age ...
Caricature of a clandestine Fleet Marriage, taking place in England before the Marriage Act 1753 William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress depicting a wedding in the 18th century. After the beginning of the 17th century, gradual changes in English law meant the presence of an officiating priest or magistrate became necessary for a marriage to be ...
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Anna of Poland (aged 13/14) was married to William, Count of Celje (aged about 18/19), in 1380. Anne of Bohemia (aged 15) was married to Richard II of England (aged 15) in January 1382. Margaret of Burgundy (aged 10) was married to the future William II, Duke of Bavaria (aged 19), in April 1385, a week before William's 20th birthday.
An estimated 300,000 children under the age of 18 legally wed in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018, according to the nonprofit Unchained at Last.
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