More left handers in the Middle Ages?

A study of the arm bones of the medieval residents of Wharram Percy, a deserted village in Yorkshire, suggests that left-handedness was more common in the Middle Ages than today.

The study found that 16 per cent of the Wharram Percy adults were left-handed, most of whom lived between the 11th and 16th centuries.

And a staggering 30% of men in the Kerr clan in Scotland were left handed. They even built their castle with a staircase that spiralled the other way so they could attack with their sword in their left hands.

Today, around 10-12% of the population is left handed