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I'm an eligible 14th century peasant's daughter, but the only eligible bachelors in my small village are my cousins and second cousins. Does anyone care if I break the Church's taboo on consanguinity? Would it be different in the 11th century?

by /u/The_Manchurian in /r/AskHistorians

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