tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post5726434056887929040..comments2023-12-19T06:54:20.572-05:00Comments on Answer Girl: What was the marriage age for girls in Shakespeare's England?Ellen Clair Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-32735383242820044062010-10-06T14:18:49.810-04:002010-10-06T14:18:49.810-04:00http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/soc...http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/society/marriage.html<br />1566-1619 27.0 years<br />1647-1719 29.6 years<br />1719-1779 26.8 years<br />1770-1837 25.1 years <br /><br />Part of what made Romeo and Juliet tragic was the fact that they were far younger than 'society norm' at the time of writing for love and marriage. Early marriage and birth would have given problems of survival past the first birth, not a very good survival tool though I'm sure it happened it's not one that would be biologically aggreable (you want mother and baby to live.)<br /><br />Plus, this mean age of marriage is given based on actual birth/death/marriage records.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-43290790893333521392007-04-02T23:13:00.000-04:002007-04-02T23:13:00.000-04:00Not bad, I was thinking about 13. Maybe that was C...Not bad, I was thinking about 13. Maybe that was Chaucer not Shakespeare...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661764717259837527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-36992046402389409672007-03-29T12:45:00.000-04:002007-03-29T12:45:00.000-04:00We opened last night to a sizable audience and an ...We opened last night to a sizable audience and an excellent reception--I'm looking forward to seeing the reviews. (I guess it's no shocker that everyone I talked to sounded surprised about liking the show. It's not exactly popular.)<BR/>As for not dating...I'll think about it.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402513189539866553noreply@blogger.com