15 Hygiene Practices of The Middle Ages That Might Make You A Bit Nauseous
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TweetSame Water to bathe the entire Family
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Public baths were extremely popular in the 13th century. Firewood that was used to heat baths was a rare good so bathing was actually a very expensive practice.
Entire families had to share one bath or remain dirty. Sounds pretty radical from the perspective of our times, right?
Laundry Scoured in Lye Made of Urine and Ashes
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Ancient Romans believed that urine had the ability to remove stains. Until the Middle Ages, people used lye of urine and ashes for cleaning. That’s quite something, right?
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