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by int_19h 1758 days ago
You might be interested in this:

https://acoup.blog/2020/04/16/collections-a-trip-through-ber...

"... what seems to be the case is that, for people like Bertran, the chance of dying in all of that war remained relatively low. In the first case, the style of warfare of the 12th century, oriented around raids and sieges, with relatively few large set-battles and relatively smaller armies – tended towards lower casualties in comparison to the warfare of other eras."

But do keep in mind that this is a particular period of medieval warfare; it's not universal.