tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576813717291116657.post6007274454033023824..comments2023-11-02T03:52:54.712-05:00Comments on Czech out your Ancestors!: Historic Life Expectancy: What being "old" meansKate Challishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12635514280917316353noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576813717291116657.post-32007215039630723872016-09-15T09:29:33.815-05:002016-09-15T09:29:33.815-05:00In my FH Spanish class, we talked about life expec...In my FH Spanish class, we talked about life expectancy, and Dr.Ryskamp said he had researched in some parishes in Spain where it was more typical to see men living to their 70's. Buy that wasn't everywhere, and during times of disease outbreaks, that changed dramaticalky, and it while he saw women as well living that old in those areas, that's balanced with childbirth, which always drops women's life expectancy dramatically. Anyway, in stable, good food producing areas, I think you may have a lot of variations from the norm across Europe. Also in one part of Spain (I think as early as the 1600s--I'd have to look at my notes to be sure) girls were taught to read along with the boys and allowed to will their belongs to other people even if their husband was still alive, and in that one area life expectancy was vastly different than its neighbors. kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936000082502126339noreply@blogger.com