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About half of the people died before they were 20 (this includes the infant mortality).
Many women died in childbirth, and many men died in wars.
But those who did not die in these ways often lived to be 60 or 70 or older, and there are parish registries with records of people living to be over 100.
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What happened to the insane during the Middle Ages?
Many insane died young. Some were accused as witches, others lived in the outskirts of towns and the forests. There was no care for them so they had to fend for themselves.
The majority of people during the Middle Ages were?
90% of the population were serfs. They grew the crops, fought the nobility's wars, died by the thousands in war, disease, and accidents.
Average age of death in 1400?
Average life expectancy at birth was only 35, and half of all people died before the age of 16.
What is the difference between middle ages doctors and todays?
Doctors in the Middle Ages had no real medical knowledge whatsoever. They needed a degree in Theology to practice, and knew a little of ancient Greek medicine, but they believed in (and treated accordingly) demons and miasmas as the cause of disease. The main "treatment" for just about everything was bloodletting to bleed out the demons. Obviously, many patients died from lack of blood making their real conditions worse. Doctors today base their practices on science instead of religion and superstition, and have the accumulated knowledge of all the past studies in medicine to look to for answers.
Is it appropriate to talk about the middle ages as a dark period?
No. The Dark ages are usually classified as being between the fall of the Roman Empire, and 1000 ce. They're a point at which Europe is in total political turmoil. By the start of the Middle Ages, certain kingdoms (Ex. England, France, Spain, Portugal have created more firm societies. The middle ages usually are said to come between 1000 ce and the founding of the Americas. There is no doubt however, that certain times during the Middle Ages weredark.
Did influenzer kill people in the middle ages?
It is possible that flu killed people in the middle ages, but it was not identified as "flu" but something else. Since no medical records were made or kept it is hard to know what people died of most of the time.
What killed a thousand people during the middle ages?
Many thousands of people died from disastrous circumstances during the Middle Ages. During 1347 to 1352, an estimated 25 million people died of the Black Death, also called the Bubonic Plague. Jewish people were persecuted, which also resulted in thousands of deaths.
What happened in the middle ages if someone died?
They buried them.
What they did in the middle ages with sick people?
Couldn't do much since there was no understanding of the body or science. People died as much from the treatment as they did from illness or injury.
Why were the died bodies left to rot middle age?
Because they had nothing better to do with it in the middle ages and they did not bury them because many people died back then and it would be a hard,backbreaking and tedious task.
What was the name of the famous priest who died in the middle ages?
it is fuge.
How long did people live in the middle ages?
The life expectancy at birth was about 37, but this does not mean what most people think. The infant mortality rate was very high, and about a third of all the children died before they were two. So the 37 was an average between a third of the people who died at ages 0 or 1, and the other two thirds of the people. This means that if you lived to the age of two, you could expect to live to an average age of 55.
Did saint nicholas live during the middle ages?
No, Saint Nicholas lived in ancient times, and died about a century before the Middle Ages started.
How did people believe diseases spread in the middle ages?
During the Middle Ages, the most common idea about spread of disease was that the cause was bad air, which they called maisma. Believe it or not, one result of this belief was that medieval people bathed a lot.
What did boys do in the middle ages?
Organized schools were not set up in the middle ages. The middle ages was a time of no learning or study. About 90% of the people couldn't read or write and those who did were nobles who had been taught by monks.
What were Consquences of Plague during the middle ages?
3/4 of Europe died.
What were the results of the black plague in the middle ages?
3/4 of Europe died.
