Post #2504767
2026-05-14 02:30 UTC
Depending on where and when, a knight might only bathe a few times in their life since bathing in water was considered to make you sick.
Instead they would use mud and scrape it off themselves with something that looks kind of like a dull sickle with a blunted tip.
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@IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 2026-05-14 03:00
they also only drunk ale of low alcohol content because of the water making you sick thing everyone in fantasy settings smells rancid and is literally drunk all the time
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@groet@feddit.org 2026-05-14 03:11
Where did you get that from? The “dirty middle ages” are a very common misconception. Throughout human history people have generally bathed and combed their hair regularly, be it in human made baths or lakes and streams. In the middle ages, miasma (bad odors) were believed to be a source of disease. So washing was part of staying healthy.