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>and menarche at 12-16 years, with the average age at 15 years.years. In medieval London, some girls were as old as 17 before they had a period. And boys and girls did not complete their adolescent growth spurt until 17 or 18 years.
For these teenagers, growing up in a rapidly expanding and overcrowded London, 26% had not completed puberty before they died at 25 years of age. The age at which modern and medieval children progressed through the pubertal stages after puberty onset was different. However, just as today, there was a wide age range of children within each stage, including the presence of some early maturers.
Severe environment
Factors such as poverty, poor nutrition, alcohol consumption, air pollution, violence and neglect delay menarche as malnutrition and physical stress limit the body’s ability to sustain a pregnancy. These severe environmental conditions were likely to have been experienced by all teenagers living and working in medieval England.
Many children experienced strenuous physical labour and exposure to urban pollution.
