Disgusting American Hygiene Habits in History that Have Us Running for the Shower - Video

Disgusting Hygiene Habits in History that Have Us Running for the Shower!



Bathing came to be seen as a self-indulgent luxury, hence sinful
In medieval Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula to the beginning of the Russian steppes, towns and larger communities typically emerged alongside rivers and streams. As communities grew, the freely running water became supplemented by wells and cisterns, the latter to capture rain water and store it for another day. Rain barrels in towns answered a similar purpose. But only in the homes of the wealthiest, and in the monasteries, which in the medieval period were often the same thing, was there anything resembling running fresh water. For anyone else, water had to be carried from the source to the home. Most homes, even the most humble, maintained a wash basin for the purpose of cleansing hands and face in the morning and before meals. Few used the precious liquid for anything else, except during special days set aside for the purpose of washing clothes and bodies.
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