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Europeans of the era bathed regularly as well, and often even communally. Nudity wasn't as rare as many make it out to be. And they washed their faces, teeth,
by waterlesscloud 12y ago
Europeans of the era bathed regularly as well, and often even communally. Nudity wasn't as rare as many make it out to be.
And they washed their faces, teeth, and hands at least daily.
http://www.gallowglass.org/jadwiga/herbs/baths.html http://www.gallowglass.org/jadwiga/herbs/baths.html
- rthomas6 12y agoI'm not sure how to reconcile this with what I read in the book Lies My Teacher Told Me, which contradicts the source you've given here.
- waterlesscloud 12y agoWell, the source I link to pulls from a variety of sources, many of which are in the bibliography at the bottom of the page. And that source matches with pretty much all the other actual medieval history books I've read. EDIT- It occurred to me that early New England colonists might have been different from the general European population, being more strict in their living style based on religious beliefs. That might explain it, but I've never looked into Puritan bathing habits.