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Feb 10, 2022 · According to the medieval church, marriage was an inherently virtuous sacrament that was a sign of God’s love and grace, with marital sex being the ultimate symbol of human union with the divine. The church communicated its ideas about marital sanctity with its laypeople. However, how much they were followed is unclear.
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- Couples did not need to marry in a church – they could get married down the pub, round at a friend’s house or even in bed. In the Middle Ages, getting married was easy for Christians living in western Europe.
- You could get married as soon as you hit puberty – and parental consent was not required. Marriage was the only acceptable place for sex in the medieval period, and as a result Christians were allowed to marry from puberty onwards, generally seen at the time as age 12 for women and 14 for men.
- Having sex created a legally binding marriage. There were various ways in which a medieval couple could use words or actions to create a marriage. Consent to marry could be given verbally by ‘words of present consent’ – no specific phrase or formula was required.
- Married or not married? It is clear that there were misunderstandings. It could be difficult to know if a couple was married and they might even not agree themselves.
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