EraMera
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| zsana wrote: |
In my opinion any grown man (or woman for that matter) - "Prophet" or not - who has sexual contact with children (even as young as seven in some cases) is committing a demonic act. An atrocity. It's true that people are seldom soley good or soley bad, but sometimes ones wrongs - depending on what they are - can overshadow ones good. In many people's minds anyway.
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If we put everthing into context, we are talking about a marriage that happened in 622. Wasn't normal for people at that time to marry at a young age? Was it considered an act of pedophilia?
I found this book which talks about the age of marriage in Byzantine empire around the 8th century. In the book, the author states the ideal age for girls was around 12 and men around 20.
But if a man is a widower (as it was the case of Mohamed the prophet who was married to a much older woman Khadija), the age difference would be greater.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dUPqg3l8E7kC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=age+of+marriage+in+the+8th+century&source=bl&ots=arUMbnXK9E&sig=9PhhhZ0lZ-lKn6sjfvTZiq0lH6o&hl=en&ei=8Cp_SsmIOuOMjAeHmeDwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#v=onepage&q=&f=false
I also read Emperor Andronikos was 65 when he married the daughter of the French king Louis the 7th , Agnes of France who just turned 12.
Was that emperor a pedophile? to the 21st century definition , yes he was but at that time, I do not think he was considered as such by his contemporaries.
Up to the 18th century, the age of marriage was still low (compared to our current standards), the last French monarch Louis the 16th was 15 when he married Marie Antoinette who was 14 at that time. |
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