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During the Middle Ages, people believed that cleanliness was next to godliness, and many bathed as often as they could. While this was not as often as some bathe today, it was often enough to keep them clean. Most communities of the size of a small town or larger had bath houses.
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What did the monks wear in the medieval times?
a Frock
Where did monks and nuns live in the medieval times?
Monks lived in an abbey or priory (headed by an Abbot or Prior); nuns lived in a nunnery or convent headed by an Abbess or Prioress.
Who were the most important people in medieval times?
Pope Clergy monks Kings Nobles
What do monks doin the daytime in medieval times?
They attended Mass several times a day, cooked, cleaned, gardened, read and wrote out copies of books.
How often do Europeans typically bathe?
Historically, Europeans bathed infrequently, often only a few times a year. However, modern Europeans typically bathe daily or every other day.
What year were medieval monks around?
Monks were around for every single year of the Medieval Age. There were also monks in late Roman times, and there are still monks in modern times. Monks have been around for a good long while, and not all of them were Medieval. * The Medieval Age lasted from the 5th Century to the 15th.
What did the monks wear in the medieval times?
a Frock
Who lived in the monastery in medieval times?
Monks lived in monateries.
Are there any more medieval monks living?
No, obviously. Medieval times ended hundreds of years ago and people, monks included just don't live that long.
Where did monks and nuns live in the medieval times?
Monks lived in an abbey or priory (headed by an Abbot or Prior); nuns lived in a nunnery or convent headed by an Abbess or Prioress.
Who were the most important people in medieval times?
Pope Clergy monks Kings Nobles
What do monks doin the daytime in medieval times?
They attended Mass several times a day, cooked, cleaned, gardened, read and wrote out copies of books.
How often do Europeans typically bathe?
Historically, Europeans bathed infrequently, often only a few times a year. However, modern Europeans typically bathe daily or every other day.
Did scribes get punished in the medieval times?
Rarely. Most of them were monks anyway. If one of them sucked at his job he was simply put to work in another field.
How did medieval monks bathe?
It depended on the area. For an extremist view, in Cluny, monks only bathed twice a year, on Easter and Christmas, and had to keep their privates covered at all times. On the other spectrum, Hildegarde of Bingen loves saunas and wrote about what herbs to blend and pour over the head, or mix with water and toss onto heated stones for a steam bath. Many monasteries built fountains to wash in. The belief that no one bathed in the middle ages in a myth. Writings of the time, woodcarving, paintings, and poetry show that bathing was a huge part of medieval life.
How did the medieval times nuns have a different life than monks?
Nuns were more likely to be cloistered in their monasteries with very little contact with the outside world. As a group, monks had more freedom to live a secular kind of life if they wished.
How did people learn music in medieval time?
People learnt music in medieval times by memory. Monks would learn chants and minstrels made up songs. A monk chant that I can play from memory is Salva Nos.
