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by kixiQu 134 days ago
It's more complicated than that.

https://acoup.blog/2025/08/08/collections-life-work-death-an...
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Balgair 134 days ago
TLDR: Peasants could expect between 8-12 pregnancies, with 2 (!) surviving to adulthood.

Christ, that is a lot of dead children for every woman. Your heart just breaks over and over.

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