Medieval Hygiene Was Better Than You Think

Warning: What you're about to hear will completely change how you view medieval people.

They actually bathed regularly and cared deeply about hygiene. The myth of dirty, unwashed Europeans

came from Victorian propaganda trying to feel superior. Medieval folks had public bathhouses,

used herbs as deodorant, and even brushed their teeth with twigs and mint paste. They weren't primitive

at all. In fact, some of their hygiene practices were better than what came centuries

later during the actual filthy period, the Renaissance.