An diofar eadar na mùthaidhean a rinneadh air "Patran a' phòsaidh na Roinne Eòrpa an Iar"

Chuir am patran a' phòsaidh fhadalaich is chuingichte bacadh tomadach air torrachas, gu h-àraidh nuair gun robh e co-cheangailte le ìrean fìor-ìsle na h-aiseid a-muigh a' phòsaidh. Thachair casg-gineamhainn tron chur dàlach air pòsadh tuilleadh na cosgadh torrachas a-staigh pòsadh. Bha an tamall an t-saoghail mhnà às an [[àm-tòiseachadh fuil-mhìos]] (a bha air ruigheachd aig cuibheas 14 bliadhna, aig mu thuairmse 12 bliadhna airson ban rìoghailarìoghail is uaisle<ref>Average age of Menarche in History, at MUM http://www.mum.org/menarage.htm<</ref><ref>Hajnal, John (1965): European marriage pattern in historical perspective en D.V. Glass and D.E.C. Eversley, (eds.) Population in History, Arnold, Londres. 123</ref>) ris a' bhreith a ciad-ghin neo-àbhaisteach fada, air cuibheas de deich bliadhnaichean.<ref>Seccombe, Wally, (1992): A Millennium of Family Change, Feudalism to Capitalism in Northwestern Europe, Verso. p. 184-186</ref><ref>Amundsen, Darrel and Dreis, Carol Jean. 1973. "The Age of Menarche in Medieval Europe", ''Human Biology'' 45, pp. 363–368</ref>