[Sca-cooks] Age in the Middle Ages
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Fri Sep 14 11:33:25 PDT 2007
Johnnae commented:
<<< Remove childbirth, of course, and the dangers associated with it,
and
nuns might well
have stood a better chance of living a long life in the medieval
period. >>>
True. But are you talking about infant mortality or the high number
of women who died during childbirth, or both? The latter is one
reason you often saw younger women being married to older men.
Stefan
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