A Statistical View Of European Rural Life, 1600-1800

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and from 1800-1820, they did not
produce wheat, rye, or barley at all. Countries like England and the
Netherlands had predictable weather patterns and were able to grow an
abundance of crops. The farther East a country was, the lower its yield
would be due to poor and unpredictable weather. The average European
peasant's diet was poor and not sufficient to human needs. Most diets
included bread, cheese, and butter. Meat and vegetables were rare and
eaten possibly twice a year. Most peasants were always on the verge of
starvation and ate anything edible to survive. The average person's
requirements are about 2,500 calories to function normally. Few people
even met the standards; most peasants were malnourished, since they did not
meet all of the food group requirements needed for a healthy person.
In France, food harvests were affected by variances in glacial
movements, which caused changes in temperatures, thus affecting the harvest
period. According to ...

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Europe from 1740-1742, the average annual number of deaths was up to 117,
while births were only at 100. The average rate of births could not
neutralize the deaths and caused the population to decrease. Marriages
were even less frequent then births, which was also a factor in the
population decrease. Document 7 shows that in Bresles-en-Beauvais,
France, during the late 17th century, births were less common than burials.
According to the chart, when burials were at their peak, so were the prices
of wheat. When births and deaths were fairly equal, wheat prices were
reasonable.
The life expectancy was around forty-five for most of the
peasants of Europe. Different factors ...

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