Top 5 TALLEST People Of The Middle Ages

In many castles or museums you'll find medieval armour, belonging to a knight. These suits of armour are often very small compared to the average human nowadays - but why is that? Shorter statures on average (heights). Think of the caricature of Lord Farquaad, or something to that effect (kidding).

To summarise, the shorter stature of the middle ages seems to be caused by several factors: Crowded cities, poor nutrition, colder climate, disparity of wealth between the richest and poorest, and lower education levels.

During better times, heights would increase correspondingly. In modern times following the post-industrial boom, heights have reached, well, new heights.

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