Life expectances

[Gale_Snail]

Hey! Look i really need some help with my history corse, and i cant find any answers on the internet or googl! so pleas ecan somebody help me..... here is the Q:

What is the average life expectancy in the middle ages for:

a) a king

b) a medeival villein

c) a knight

d) a barron

please send some answers soon! ta xx Gale

[Octavius]

The average life expectancy in the late middle ages was about 33 years. It is quite a complex question, did they not give you any hints?? You need to take account of:

Wars
Feudal systems & pillaging
Disease spreading (no sewers)
Plague / pestilence
Famine
Lack of medical advancement

All of these would vary for each of the �occupations� you list, but most of the lords and nobles and kings would have lived longer as the peasantry were often neglected, starved, diseased or used as first assault men-at-arms, crossbowmen or archers in battle.

[Mikeyd2]

Have a read here ... You'll need a bit of time to sort out the info you need...

http://www.few.vu.nl/~majonker/IPM.pdf

[Drusilla1S]

If you measure the Middle Ages from William the Conqueror in 1066 to Henry VII in 1485, the average age of death for a king of England is between 48 and 49 years of age.