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Kisa Heyer On Life Expectancy in 16th Century

24 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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This content was created by Chris Collins. This content was uploaded by Chris Collins. This is a YouTube video titled "Kisa Heyer On Life Expectancy in 16th Century" (created 2026-01-24T08:00:44Z). The excerpt is a short dialog between two speakers (labelled SPEAKER A and SPEAKER B) discussing historical mortality and life expectancy in the 16th century, referencing Montaigne's observation that dying of old age was rare. It appears to be an interview or discussion segment on historical demography.

Indeed, for most of history, death was at risk at every age of life and had no obvious connection with aging at all. As Montaigne wrote, observing late 16th century life, to die of age is a rare, singular and extraordinary death and so much less natural than others. It is the last and extremist kind of dying. I mean, it seems to be flipped completely now, but think about all the ways you could die in the 16th century.
Yeah, yeah. And now we expect to live right into our 70s or 80s plus. Yeah.
Yeah.