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Perhaps true but medieval life expectancy was not particularly great.
by carbine 2y ago
Perhaps true but medieval life expectancy was not particularly great.
- xeromal 2y agoI think it was pretty decent once you made it past childhood. I want to say it was around the mid 60s
- dogbait 2y agoLife expectancy in medieval Engalnd was early 30s in the cities (accounting for infant mortality). Source: https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2022/08/conversation-old-age-is-not-a-modern-phenomenon.php#:~:text=Life%20expectancy%20at%20age%2025,in%20medieval%20England%20was%2025.7 https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2022/08/conversation-old-age-is-n.... Once a person hit adulthood it was low 50s and if memory serves early 60s if you were wealthy.