Did People in Medieval Times Really Not Bathe?

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In the video today, There are a variety of commonly held ideas about what it was like to live in Medieval times in Europe from a hygienic standpoint- from the idea that people chucked the contents of their chamber pots out their windows on to the streets to that they rarely, if ever, bothered to bathe. But is any of this actually true?

As to the former question, be sure and check out our video Did People in the Middle Ages Really Throw Fecal Matter Out of Their Windows? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJw2ow7jBnc Moving on to bathing habits, to begin with, when dealing with diverse cultures spanning a large area and time frame like “medieval times”- generally considered to be from around the 5th to the 15th centuries- there is not going to be a definitive, one-size fits all answer.

But that’s not very interesting, so let’s go ahead and give it our best college try, shall we?

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