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Like the people who came before them, and the people who came after, right up to the 19th century, Renaissance people had no idea whatever of what caused disease, and so had rules of hygiene based on speculation.
They did not understand disease vectors, such as tainted water, fleas, lice, or shared cutlery or drinking cups. The shared cups, common in the Middle Ages, were given up to a degree, but not because of considerations of hygiene.
Renaissance people seem to have believed in the cleansing properties of linen and relied on changing the clothes as a large part of cleaning.
They also believed that washing was unhealthy, and only washed those parts of their bodies that were exposed to view. Catherine di' Medici wrote Mary Stuart advising her not to bathe more often than once each month unless it was absolutely necessary.
They habitually covered smells with perfume.
This was all a bit of a retreat from the standards of the Middle Ages, when people took the idea that cleanliness was next to godliness seriously and believed that foul air was an important disease vector.
There is a link on public bathing below.
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What was a normal day for Shakespeare?
In Renaissance there were very limited means for hygiene. In the morning he used probably a lavabo.
An era of great cultural and scientific rebirth?
A Renaissance. (Like the Renaissance)
What was the poor Tudors hygiene like?
Poor Tudor hygiene was very bad.
What is the hygiene like in space?
exemplar
What is hygen?
Personal Cleanliness, like that. Say like, His Hygiene is bad. Her Hygiene is good. Or there is Hygen Industries, Renewable Energy Developers And Consultants.
How was Renaissance art similar to classical art?
it had perspective just like renaissance art.
Why do you smell like sour milk?
Smells like a hygiene issue.
Where did the Northern Renaissance begin?
== The Southern Renaissance, or Italian Renaissance, began in Florence, in the northern part if Italy. The Northern Renaissance began somewhere in Northern parts like Germany.
Why do you smell like you do?
It's mainly a matter of hygiene.
What did the flush toilet look like in the renaissance?
like a toilet
What has the author Heikki Mikkeli written?
Heikki Mikkeli has written: 'An Aristotelian response to Renaissance humanism' -- subject(s): Humanism, Influence, History 'Hygiene in the early modern medical tradition' -- subject(s): Health, History, Hygiene, Medicine, Preventive, Preventive Medicine, Public health 'Europe as an idea and an entity' -- subject(s): Civilization, Nationalism, Relations, History 'Hygiene'
What was hygiene like in the mideival ages?
Hygiene was a lot different back then.. they did not regularly bathe and did not use soaps. Infections and skin problems were commonly spreading throughout the communitees due to lack of hygiene.
