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Actually, they did bathe in the Middle Ages. The people believed that cleanliness was next to godliness and kept very clean. They also believed that bad air, with foul odors, carried diseases. They had public baths in many villages.
Later, the Renaissance came. People discovered perfume and went into a period when the only parts of the body to get cleaned were the parts other people could see. They knew medieval people did not have perfume, and liked very much to describe the Middle Ages as inferior to their own, so they called the medieval people dirty and stinky. They convinced alter historians of their own superiority, and people still believe them.
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∙ 15y agoSome did, but as an occasional luxury. The Medieval idea of bathing as unhealthy was still widely held, apparently.
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they didnt!
Who were some Famous knights of Medieval Times?
A medieval knight in the middle ages or medieval times was William the conquerer
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they would get punished
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a black knight was a knight who either didnt serve a king or didnt want his king to be identified
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they didnt!
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they didnt have windows
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People in medieval times didnt poo...there was no sewarage?
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Medieval men were almost as tall as men are today. The average height of a medieval man was five foot seven inches tall.
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there were no menus durin the medieval time because every body knew what there bwas back them and they didnt need menus to dicide what they wanted to eat. ♥
Why do people wash in rivers?
because they didnt have showers or bathtubes or runnung water to bathe in
Where did medieval holidays and celebrations take place?
they didnt have any
What were dinosaurs like in medieval times?
There were no dinosaurs in medieval times.
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That's untrue. Jews have a custom to bathe on Fridays. At other times, they maintain hygiene the same as everyone else and bathe as needed.
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Medieval PeriodDark Age?Medieval times or the medieval era.
Who were some Famous knights of Medieval Times?
A medieval knight in the middle ages or medieval times was William the conquerer
When did they build medieval castles?
Medieval times
