RPGs of the Renaissance

[humble minion]

Pre-agriculture people had significantly more leisure time than those that came after.

they also died very young, so...

True, but I suspect that the distinction between leisure time and work was less well defined back then too. If you’re doing monotonous manual work like pounding grain or scraping hides or whatever by hand in a society like this, you’re probably doing it near your family/friends and you’re probably talking and telling stories the whole time because you’ve done this all your life and you don’t need to concentrate too hard on it any more.