Lifespans of the European elite, 800–1800

Cummins, N.

(2017). Lifespans of the European elite, 800–1800. Journal of Economic History, 77(2), 406 - 439. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050717000468

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I analyze the adult age at death of 115,650 European nobles from 800 to 1800. Longevity began increasing long before 1800 and the Industrial Revolution, with marked increases around 1400 and again around 1650. Declines in violent deaths from battle contributed to some of this increase, but the majority must reflect other changes in individual behavior. There are historic spatial contours to European elite mortality; Northwest Europe achieved greater adult lifespans than the rest of Europe even by 1000 AD.

Item Type	Article
Copyright holders	© 2017 The Economic History Association
Departments	LSE > Academic Departments > Economic History
DOI	10.1017/S0022050717000468
Date Deposited	19 Jul 2017
Acceptance Date	10 Oct 2016
URI	https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/83576

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Cummins, Neil

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Cummins, N. (2017). Lifespans of the European Elite, 800-1800. [Dataset]. OpenICPSR. https://doi.org/10.3886/e100492v1

Lifespans of the European elite, 800–1800

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