[MR] About that "They die Young" myth

[Robert Busek]

Accidents involving children were also a problem.  Check out Barbara Hanawalt's *The Ties That Bound*, which uses coroner's rolls to get an idea of the dynamics of medieval life in 14th-15th century England.  A good source, if you keep in mind that the unique source material.

Pro Deo et Atlantia,
Robert of Canterbury

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From:    ruadh ruadh at home.com
Sent:    Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:43:32 -0400
To:      atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [MR] About that "They die Young" myth


A part of childhood then was the 'resources' to survive were greater as you survived longer. Infant-cide and the very sickly going into mid-winter would likely receive less of the now more valued 'resources'.  This was a short segment of a Discovery Channel special.  
The research might look at the seasons of death, sorted by age & sex.    Ru

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Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] About that "They die Young" myth




  I read an interesting list of ages at death of some well-known medieval 
  persons, and thought you'd be interested. We all know that the life 
  expectancy was considerably lower than in modern times, but I, for one, need 
  a reminder that it didn't mean it was lead to the perception of as "being 
  old" at 45 (except in the minds of teenagers and children, of course! ) 





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