[Sca-cooks] Age in the Middle Ages

[Stefan li Rous]

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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