Life Spans in the Middle Ages
It’s a popular belief that life in the Middle Ages was short. People often think that people started dying off at 25 and if you lived to see 30, you lived a good life. Some even believe that getting to 50 meant you were extremely old. But that’s simply not true. Church baptisms and medical records show that people lived well into their 50s and 60s. Unless one died as a child or through disastrous circumstances, a full life was expected.