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-2800 B.C: Babylonians made soap in clay-like cylinders with a soap-like substance
-2200 B.c: a formula for soap consisting of water, alkali salts, and cassia oil was written on a Babylonian clay tablet.
-1500 B.C: the Ebers papyrus indicates that ancient Egyptians bathed regularly in soap
-1630: John Winthrop wrote to his wife saying he needed soap when she crossed into the new world, America.
-1800's: The sassafras branch was used to stir soap in religious colonies
-1900's: Soap was handmade and sold in colonies
-1916: A shortawge of fats to make soap occured during World War I
From what I've heard, the British Colonists on what came to be the U.S. mixed animal lard and the ashes in the fire place to create soap. They then added things to make it smell better like rose petals. I am not sure this is the earliest use of soap though.
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Was there soap during the Middle Ages?
I have seen different statements on the history of soap. One said it was invented in the middle ages, and another said it was ancient. The Latin name for it was a word I recognized, with the root "sapo." This comes from Germanic sources, but was, in fact, Latin, and not Late Latin, so I would be inclined to believe it was ancient. Regardless, hard soap was an invention of the Middle Ages. There was a soap makers guild very early, in the seventh century, in at least one Italian city. And in writings of the time of Charlemagne, soap making was said to be an honorable craft. People of the Middle Ages believed a clean and healthy body was indicative of a clean and healthy soul. They also believed that disease could be spread by bad air, and that foul odors were therefore an evil. They were usually very clean. Clearly soap was important to them as it was how they got themselves clean.
What did the soap maker's job fall under in the feudalism pyramid in medieval times?
The medieval soap maker was considered a serf or a peasant.
