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I do know they were terrified of water during the early Tudor period because of the Sweating Sickness and wouldn't even risk taking a bath, but the large beer i
by hackermailman 3y ago
I do know they were terrified of water during the early Tudor period because of the Sweating Sickness and wouldn't even risk taking a bath, but the large beer intake I suspect would've happened anyway and isn't connected
- klodolph 3y agoThis is exaggerated. People did bathe, and they made soap for washing themselves.
- hackermailman 3y agoTaken from Simon Thurley's book, they washed but avoided baths, and used rainwater only during the sweating sickness outbreaks: A school of though existed at the time that believed that bathing was dangerous and a time that “allowed the venomous airs to enter and destroyeth the lively spirits in man and enfeebleth the body” (Thurley, Pg. 171).
- klodolph 3y agoPeople did believe that, but it’s exaggerated how widespread those beliefs were.