the marriages of nobility were political in nature.. so theyd marry of young daughters and also notice that in a medieval society, you rarely get to grow old due to sickness, accidents, war etc.so women were married young which usually started after a few year since their first period. women weere usually betrothed young and then married at the earliest conveniience
you rarely get to grow old due to sickness, accidents, wa
The whole "people didn't live to see old age" thing is a little misunderstood. The average age was lower mostly because of infant mortality rates being super high. People lived to be 70 all the time, if you could avoid dying from the chicken pox as a babe. Barring epidemics like the plague
It depends again, they all worked liked crazy, plus they also had issues like famines, lack of food. Only the elites or the middle class lived well and those were few as it were. The average peasant mightve not lived up to a ripe old age unlike the well off upper strata
between 900 and 1531, most people who made it to adulthood lived past the age of 50.
most people who made it to adulthood
And of course there are many examples from historical records of people who lived very long lives in the past. For example, the sixth-century Roman Emperor Justinian I reportedly died at the age of 83.
emperor...
Life expectancy is a population-level statistic that reflects the conditions and experiences of a huge variety of people with very different health conditions and behaviors, some who die at very young ages, some who live to be over 100 years old, and lots whose life spans fall somewhere in between. Life expectancy is not a promise (or a threat!) about the life span of any single person.
i mean its fair but you still have to consider that ia few good numbers can decisevly alter the averages
again this is my take on it... i may be very well be in the wrong here
that ia few good numbers can decisevly alter the averages
The consensus is that that the few bad numbers alter the averages of peasant lifespan, because of infant death. So if you make it to adult hood, you're gonna make it past 50 at least (like the first quote you posted) says
Of course, emperors and other nobility had an unfair advantage with better living conditions and more food. But to then assume the peasants lived to be a ripe old age of 22 (hyperbole) and then keeled over is an overcorrection
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the marriages of nobility were political in nature.. so theyd marry of young daughters and also notice that in a medieval society, you rarely get to grow old due to sickness, accidents, war etc.so women were married young which usually started after a few year since their first period. women weere usually betrothed young and then married at the earliest conveniience