Old irons, do you know how strange medieval Europe really was? From nobles to commoners, everyone hates bathing, and even some people feel nauseous and vomit when they hear the word bath, and everyone is stinking.
The mud on the body can be rubbed out of itself again, what happened in medieval Europe? Why are people so disgusting?
Medieval Europe
Medieval Europeans who did not bathe
Old irons, when it comes to Europe, what was your first impression? Romantic Parisian street? The mysterious ancient Babylonian palace? Or a shaky wine glass? Or the extravagant European aristocracy, dancing on the dance floor?
However, if you travel back in time, the real medieval Continent of Europe, you will deeply feel how ridiculous your ideas are.
Because medieval Europe can only be summed up in one word, "stink", the nobility stinks, the commoner stinks, medieval Europe, for the bath, but deeply resentful.
European nobility
They thought that the one who did not bathe was the one who would be blessed by God, a queen of Spain, who was most proud of her life, that she had only bathed twice in her life, and a king of France, who had never bathed in her life.
Seeing this, the old iron estimated that he had smelled the smell emanating from the screen, is it very top-notch, this kind of quirk, not only popular among the nobles, but also among the commoners, is also very hot.
Some people even hear the word bath, will be dizzy and nauseous, at this time everyone may ask, do they not feel smelly if they do not take a bath? The answer is of course, so the rich nobles will use all kinds of expensive incense powder to cover up the stench on their bodies, but this kind of incense powder can only be used by rich people, so the poor people can only take a bath in pain.
Dirty Medieval
Can you believe it? In medieval Europe, bathing turned out to be a deeply repugnant thing, from nobles to commoners, are proud not to bathe, and even some people hear that the word bath is disgusting, Ward Lord, what is this weird century, what kind of stimulation people have been, why don't they love to bathe?
Reasons why Europeans don't bathe
In fact, the early Europeans were not so disgusted with bathing, they would often clean up, their own filth, clean life, until 1340 years later, the whole of Europe became so crazy.
That year, the Black Death suddenly broke out in Europe, and thousands of people died of the disease, because the medical conditions of the people at that time were too poor to deal with such a brutal virus, and fear and death hung over the entire Continent.
black death
People began to search for all kinds of crazy causes, and some doctors believed that the plague was transmitted through toxic air, and in order to prevent infection, it was necessary to isolate the skin from contact with toxic air.
In their view, in addition to the thick clothes, the old dirt on the body is a stronger armor, and if you take a bath, it is no different from suicide.
There is the most terrible example in history, saying that it is a European named St. Abraham, who has not bathed and washed his feet for 50 years, and even more terrible, a man named St. Simon Syreddette, his wounds are inflamed and maggots, he is also determined not to bathe, the degree of persistence, simply do not know what to say.
It is simply a long time to see, medieval Europe, bathing is actually the poor have to do things, from nobles to commoners, are stinking, all people are proud of not bathing for life, and even some people hear the word bath, will be disgusting, the degree of strangeness is simply shattered three views, so when did this chaotic phenomenon disappear?
Renaissance
The Enlightenment of Thought
Medieval Europeans, the behavior of not bathing lasted for more than 200 years, in other words, the European continent stinked for more than 200 years.
This head-watering behavior disappeared completely until the beginning of the 18th century, when it was a glorious and great century for the entire European continent.
church
It liberated and reborn the minds of all Europeans, because at this time, the European continent set off a strong ideological enlightenment movement, people's thoughts are no longer as ignorant as before, listening to the wind is the rain, and everyone is gradually thinking rationally about problems, rather than blindly following the trend.
At this time, people finally realized that the infection of the Black Death had nothing to do with not bathing, so some people gradually began to bathe frequently, and gradually formed a kind of atmosphere, until now, Europeans have almost no one who has not bathed for a lifetime.