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I'm the 13-year-old daughter of farmers in a remote 13th-century German village. There are about 10 men of roughly my age to choose from. Am I excited about the prospect of "courtship" and getting married, or am I feeling pretty blase about the whole thing? Is marriage just another chore?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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