> watching too many of your children die before their 4th birthday It was that much better for aristocracy/middle class. Obviously access to better nutrition a

> watching too many of your children die before their 4th birthday It was that much better for aristocracy/middle class. Obviously access to better nutrition and conditions improved the chances of survival. However mortality was still huge and not really that distinguishable between social classes from a modern perspective. > True medicine was not there, surgery unheard of for the peasant class Which might have been a good thing in some cases. For many illnesses and diseases the methods used by highly paid 'doctors' might have as well done more harm than good. I agree with the general sentiment however. Yet in many ways life for upper classes wasn't that great either.