Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

> I'm thinking of the wealthy aristocracy who had maybe one or two
> children, verses the starving peasents who had dozens, most of whom died
> within months of being born. (Assuming they survived birth.)
>
> But sure, I don't have any actual statistics. ;-)


I think that you are wrong there. After the Black Death everyone tried for the
largest family they could beget. Remember that contraception was quite
primitive and having children was positively encouraged by the church.

Stephen

Post a reply to this message