Anglican age of confirmation, 1913 or so

[naraht]

The main character in my current story attends an Anglican public school. The time period is just before World War I. I'm trying to figure out how old he might be when he gets confirmed. His faith is not particularly strong but I suspect he would view confirmation as the Thing To Do, especially since he's in a religious environment. Any help would be appreciated.

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[quinfirefrorefiddle]

The Church of England website says "early teens" which matches up to what my instinct was. http://www.cofe.anglican.org/lifeevents/baptismconfirm/sectionc.html The BBC gives additional information about the types of Confirmation Rites- I think the one you'd want would be the Book of Common Prayer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/ritesrituals/confirmation_1.shtml#h3

[naraht]

I would have guessed early teens, just wasn't sure whether the norm would have changed in the last hundred years. I know that the BCP has, although probably not in the essentials. Thanks for the quick reply.

[quinfirefrorefiddle]

I think the major difference, from the reading I've done, is that the confirmand used to have to do a LOT more memorization than they do now. Now it's all about being able to rephrase things in your own words.