What was the life expectancy for the average peasant in the high-late medieval period? I read it's usually from mid twenties to thirties. Is that what the average person would expect to live until or is that the average because the child mortality rate was so high and plagues and famines were common?
The matter of infant mortality isn't as much of a skew to the statistics as it's touted. More can always be written on the matter, so don't let this post stop anyone with the right knowledge from chiming in! For the meantime, OP, you may find the following two posts useful: