[dangus]

Life in England, c. 1200:
Life expectancy: 60 years old
Average numbers of workdays per week: just over 3.

Life in England, after the "Rennaissance (Rebirth)," "Enlightenment," etc.
Life expectancy: 30 years old
Average number of workdays per week: Over 6.

Enlightenment, my ass.
Rennaissance of what? The dragon of Revelations?

[ikka]

Do you have a source for these life expectancy rates?

[vladimir998]

It wasn't the Renaissance that changed the number of work days in England. IT WAS THE PROTESTANT REVOLUTION. Feasts days were essentially discontinued. In the seventeenth century, Christmas was banned by the Puritans. The presbyterians simply couldn't stand someone actually having a good time.

[aruanan]

Life in England, c. 1200: Life expectancy: 60 years old Average numbers of workdays per week: just over 3.

Life in England, after the "Rennaissance (Rebirth)," "Enlightenment," etc. Life expectancy: 30 years old Average number of workdays per week: Over 6.

Life expectancy in 1250 in pre-industrial England was about slightly over 30 years at birth. It fell to almost 20 during the latter half of the 14th century (due to plague) and then rose to about 35 in the latter half of the 15th century, declined a bit and wound up, by the first half of the 18th century, a bit ahead of what it was in 1250.