Epidemics, diseases, animal feces, human waste… There are dozens of other things we could add to this list. It’s such an age; even because of the class hierarchy, people were deprived of cleanliness.

Pope “A good Christian gets dirtyWhile we examine the correctness of banning the baths for you, we will talk about the interesting cleaning cultures of people during this period. As you read, you can thank our cleaning culture.

Contrary to popular belief, bathrooms and cleanliness did not disappear in Europe with the collapse of the Roman Empire.

The Romans left many legacies such as sewage and water supplies in terms of cleanliness. even in the Middle Ages Roman canalsThey kept flowing and provided fresh water.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the movie; Seeing King Arthur, the two characters guess who he is. One of them: “He must be a king, not all messed upsays. This scene actually summarizes some information about the Middle Ages: In the Middle Ages, people of the normal class did not place much importance on cleanliness. An example of this belief is Isabella of Castile They are shown as people who are known to bathe the day they were born and the day they got married.

In the Middle Ages, some doctors said that because baths opened the pores in the skin, there was a possibility for infectious diseases.

Of course there was not one truth in the Middle Ages either. Contrary to some doctors who said this, other doctors said that taking a bath would prevent diseases. But for society this was hardly possible. Because all the evidence that the rich make bathing a luxury. shows. Maybe they weren’t lucky enough to shower every day like we do, but showering even once a month was a great feeling for those people.

Dentists of that time were hairdressers until the 14th century.

Leave the barbers guild in 1308 Dentists used to whiten teeth with nitric acid, as well as tooth extraction and tooth cleaning without anesthesia. Except for the aristocrats, the teeth whitening routine of the people included rubbing the teeth with sand and sea water.

Contrary to what is known, there was a bathing culture and these places were not only used for washing but also for socializing.

The bathing culture is very important in the Roman Empire. There are even important structures that have survived to this day. In addition to washing, social relationships can be established, sports can be played, games can be played, food can be bought as a marketplace. They were complex structures. Therefore, it was one of the places visited by the people.

While people are known to go to the baths in the first Christian period, this situation also changed as the ascetic lifestyle developed in the 3rd and 4th centuries.

Saint Anthony had never washed his feet in his life, Saint Julian also forbade bathing for those who followed his path. Saint Jerome, on the other hand, advocated the unnecessary use of baths outside of baptism. Devout Christians then interrupted their purification rituals.

Benedictine Order, the most widespread monastic order in the 6th century The founder of St. Benedictine, St. Benedict, states that healthy people never wash, and that one of the greatest virtues of St. Agnes, who died at the age of 13, was that she never washed. In 745, the Archbishop of Mainz, St. Boniface, also banned mixed baths, which were common areas for men and women, on the grounds of immorality.

While upper class people could bathe in hot water bathtubs, this was nothing more than a dream for the villagers.

Since there is no running water and Villagers constantly have to carry water from rivers to their homes. Because they were very young, it took a lot of effort for a family to be able to take a bath. The water obtained was used without heating. That’s why there was a common bathroom that everyone used.

The toilet was known as the driving force of luxury.

Peasants were not as lucky as the upper class. Everyone had shared toilets, just like the bathroom. Some people also carry a jar or trash can with them; they dumped their waste in rivers when there was no cesspool. Where is the clean water used in the bathroom?

The lice and insect problem had become so normalized that people gathered once a week to remove lice.

When we think of people living with their animals or in the middle of all this mess, the situation seems completely normal. lice are normalized People like me also used getting together to weed out lice as a way of socialization.

Who needs a fork and spoon when food heated in dirty water can be picked up with dirty hands and carried to a dirty mouth?

people in the Middle Ages they ate their food with their handsTherefore, unlike their bodies, washing hands was a very important habit before eating. Just for this, people were employed to act as cranes, and then a wall-mounted crane would replace these people.

They treated wounds with urine.

You have probably heard at least once in your life that people recommend urinating on the wound from a jellyfish sting. In the Middle Ages, people went one click further. They used it to treat open wounds and heal bruises. Yes, bruises.

Even though we feel sorry for the people of the Middle Ages when we look back, in the field of cleaning and hygiene It’s reassuring to see how far we’ve come. One does not even want to imagine that he lived in that period.