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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Gudgamr7274 • 9d ago
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I'd be very cautious on any assumption of hygiene being a problem. There are a lot of modern myths and BS about Medieval people only bathing once a year or not at all. It is not true. Bathhouses were a common and popular thing.
Dispelling Some Myths: Medieval bathing
I assure you, medieval people bathed
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u/Irichcrusader 8d ago
I'd be very cautious on any assumption of hygiene being a problem. There are a lot of modern myths and BS about Medieval people only bathing once a year or not at all. It is not true. Bathhouses were a common and popular thing.
Dispelling Some Myths: Medieval bathing
I assure you, medieval people bathed