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1st Answer:
Well, if you were from our time, you would have considered them smelly, but if you were from back then, you might have been used to it. So, I'm not sure how to measure it. They didn't wear deodorant, and they dumped garbage and excrement into the middle of the street in many cases... that's smelly.
2nd Answer:
Medieval people believed that you could tell the condition of a person's soul by observing the care he put into keeping his body - cleanliness was next to godliness. They also believed that bad air was a disease vector, so any accumulation of smelly things was a public nuisance. We have records of people being fined for allowing trash to sit in the street outside their shops overnight. And while it may be true that drains from their houses sometimes ran into the gutters in the street outside, it is also true that if they used the drains for human waste, as some modern people like to suppose, they would have sickened and died very quickly; the drains were for gray water.
There is a link below to the history section of an article on bathing.
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What is the third period of the middle ages called?
The third period of the Middle Ages was the Late Middle Ages. The first is called the Early Middle Ages or the Dark Age. The second period was the High Middle Ages.
What came first renaissance or Middle Ages?
middle ages
Was there Nylon in the Middle Ages?
There was no nylon in the Middle Ages. Nylon was invented in the 20th century; the Middle Ages ended in the 15th.
What historical time period did the fall of the roman empire lead to?
The Roman Empire was followed by the Middle Ages: Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th century), High Middle Ages (c. 1001 to 1300) and Late Middle Ages (1300 to 1500).
Where did merchants work in the middle ages?
where did merchants work in the middle ages
What is the period in Europe between AD 500 and 1500 known as?
The period of time from 500 AD to 1500 AD is called the Middle Ages.
What was a explorers in a Middle Ages?
There was no explorers in the middle ages. When exploration started that is when the middle ages ended.
What is the third period of the middle ages called?
The third period of the Middle Ages was the Late Middle Ages. The first is called the Early Middle Ages or the Dark Age. The second period was the High Middle Ages.
What time was the middle ages?
Early Middle Ages 400 - 700, High Middle Ages 700 - 1300, Late Middle Ages 1300 -1500.
Was a page from the Middle Ages or renaissance?
Middle ages
Was acrylic in the middle ages?
It was not worn in the Middle Ages.
What period of time preceded the Middle Ages and what time period came after the Middle Ages?
Before the middle ages was Anquity (Greeks and Romans) and after the middle ages was the Renissance
Did they have love in the Middle Ages?
Yes, they had love in the Middle Ages.
How were noble warriors of the Middle Ages trained?
middle ages
What came first renaissance or Middle Ages?
middle ages
Was there pizza in the Middle Ages?
no, it was believed that there was no pizza in the middle ages.
HOW were noble warriors of Middle Ages trained?
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