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Did anyone live to 100 in the Middle Ages? The truth about medieval longevity

Despite the common belief that no one lived past 30, it is a myth that people in the Middle Ages were uniformly short-lived, with some well-documented individuals approaching or even possibly reaching 100 years of age. While the average life expectancy was low due to high infant mortality and disease, a person who survived childhood had a far greater chance of a longer life than modern statistics suggest.