Help with a 15th-century legal source on marriage

1. What was marriage like in the 1500s?
2. What were the medieval views on marriage?
3. How did marriages work in 1500s?
4. What were the rules for marriage during the 14th century?

What was marriage like in the 1500s?

Marriages were arranged with the purpose of benefiting both families involved: financially, properties and wealth. Woman had very little, if any, choice in who her husband might be. It was considered foolish to marry because you were in love.

What were the medieval views on marriage?

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. Parental consent was not required.

How did marriages work in 1500s?

In the middle ages, girls were typically in their teens when they married, and boys were in their early twenties. The arrangement of the marriage was based on monetary worth. The family of the girl who was to be married would give a dowry, or donation, to the boy she was to marry.

What were the rules for marriage during the 14th century?

Back in those days, all that was really required to get married was verbal consent, and not being related to one another. They could even be twelve years old and get married. There was no official certificate or anything such as that in order for two people to get married.