Adolescent mortality at Winchester College, 1393-1540: new evidence for medieval mortality and methodological considerations for historical demography.
This article presents new data on mortality in the late medieval period, and suggests methodologies for analysing incomplete datasets. Using data collated from the records of Winchester College this study follows the lives of 2,692 individuals, and analyses adolescent mortality in the sample group for the period 1393-1540. This study of mortality among 10-18 year olds is the first of its kind to produce data for a sample of adolescents in late medieval England, and thereby contributes significant new data to our understanding of late medieval mortality. These data are placed within the context of that obtained for other medieval population samples, most notably with studies of medieval monastic groups.
Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure.
Rebecca
R
Oakes
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography / Q000266:history*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D012067:Religion / Q000266:history*