I don't know much about the medieval periods, but in the 16th century, people certainly didn't bath very often. They tended to wear fresh linen everyday, which

I don't know much about the medieval periods, but in the 16th century, people certainly didn't bath very often. They tended to wear fresh linen everyday, which did a remarkable job of cleaning the skin of dirt and sweat, then washed their clothes regularly. "Method" historian Ruth Goodman has described trying this herself, and claimed that it was a very effective way of keeping clean, saying that even after a few weeks, she still lacked significant body odour.