Before you all get your panties in a twist, I know it’s technically not true.
More time off to take care of the fourteen children you need to have to keep your farm going.
You’d be having sex in the same room as all your kids and animals lived too
If one dies, I’ll just pop another out, right in the field. Cut the cord, and he can get to work.
There was a much higher likelihood of dying during childbirth too.
Families with more than 4 or 5 children were almost certainly blended families.
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Childbirth was the primary cause of death for women in the middle ages
Your great grandmother had the benefit of centuries of modernization that the women we’re talking about did not. And even then, she was probably an outlier.
Dies at 46 after a minor cut gets infected
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Redditors thinking that having time off as some dirt fucking poor peasant in the Medieval Era is all fun and games.
there were no cameras in the Middle Ages. Checkmate shitposters.
Also that woman clearly isn’t middle aged.
It’s still bullshit.
Actually medieval people got wayyy more time off across the board. It’s because they all died by 45.
It’s holiday season, we got pies and ale, a new preacher is coming to town and we’re getting shitfaced. Nobody has plague yet and life is good.
Good addendum!
No way in fucking hell it takes 3 hours a week to run a household. I do that daily.
Clothing, kids homework, meals to cook, cleaning, shopping for food, kids extracurriculars, bills.
6:00 pick up kids from aftercare
6:15 Get home with kids, take care of pets, reheat dinner
6:30-7:00 kids eat dinner and I do laundry
7:00-8:00 kids homework and cleaning
8:00-8:30: violin practice
8:30 - 9:00 whatever subject they are lagging in or if nothing shared reading.
9:00 - 10:00 kids bath and ready for next day. Around 9:20 or so I eat dinner
Medieval peasant’s idea of luxury was also “some butter”. Let’s not glorify the past.
A source from an institute called Adam smith? This will certainly not be a liberal interpretation of history…
Eh, they are neoliberal capitalists, so call that what you will.
They also had an average life expectancy of about 30 years, so I’ll stick with the current Era thanks.
I would have been dead for 10 years by now. Sweet.
