1400 years ago , women were not playing with dolls and they were much more mature both physically and mentally. Just check the age of British Queens few centuries back,you will realise marrying at early age is neither an exception nor an anomoly.It is just the norm etoile.co.uk/Columns/Paul/060129.html King Edward II - His wife Isabella of France was 12 at the time of marriage King Richard II - Married the daughter of daughter of King Charles VI of France,Isabella de Valois when she was 8 King Henry III -Mariied Eleanor of Provence when she was 13