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The Age of Marriage in North Western Europe
Peasants disregarded lineage, and they rarely depended on their kin. A certain young men and women in north western europe often worked in service. So these neep wage labour matches would have accelerated exogamy. In sweden, they were married maybe 26, 27. Same in norway, sa s saint s in england. And so this was accelerated even more by another distinctive feature of europe - deep wage labour markets.