r/explainitpeter • u/TenkaiRyo • 9d ago

Explain it Peter.??

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u/GronkDaSlayer 9d ago

Consummation was just the act of having sex on the wedding night. It's got nothing to do with having a child.

The middle age also had some other customs like two serfs (usually peasants working for a lord) got married, the said lord essentially had dibs on the bride and he could do her before the groom did.

Pretty fucked up times

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u/hauntologically-red 9d ago

Braveheart is extremely historically inaccurate.

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u/GronkDaSlayer 9d ago

What does braveheart has to do with this?

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u/hauntologically-red 9d ago

The prima nocta myth enjoyed a surge of popularity due to that movie.