This just came to mind because I genuinely am just curious, but off the top of my head, 'if she bleeds' was never something that a predominantly white society practiced, not even the medieval period.
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Because medieval life expectancy was in the 30s or early 40s, and widespread death of children due to disease and other medical problems, the earlier a marriage produced children, the more likely said couple would be able to produce offspring that lived to adulthood. Insofar as age of female reproduction goes, historically 16 was plenty old enough to produce children.
It was also old enough to hold a sword. What we call children now were often expected to take up adult positions, in war, and employment. That we consider 14-18 year olds children is a historical aberration, and this is not the norm when you look at history.
For instance, during the age of sail, all navies took young men aboard as young officers, often in their early teen years. Watch Master and Commander again, and note that not a few of the captain's officers were definitely teenagers, one little more than a boy (the one who looses an arm.)
Girls today hit puberty earlier than ever before, as early as 9 or 10 in some cases, so just because they have their period doesn't mean they can bear a child. Getting pregnant at 12 can kill a young girl.
Islamic countries consider 9 years old plenty old enough to marry and consumate the marriage because that's what Muhammad did. Muhammad was a fucking pedo, and Muhammad is considered the perfect man in that cult.