Illness in the Middle Ages was often a death sentence, especially for commoners. With limited medical knowledge, widespread ...

As Coomans and fellow historian Guy Geltner argue in their treatise on medieval urban hygiene, local authorities sought to promote health and curb disease, devising policies that they likely gleaned ...

What people's health was like during medieval times What toilets and bathrooms were like in castles What people's teeth were like in medieval times What the plague was and how people tried to cure ...

What people's health was like during medieval times What toilets and bathrooms were like in castles What people's teeth were like in medieval times What the plague was and how people tried to cure ...

Sharpen your swords and your wits—it’s time to travel back to the Dark Ages, where hygiene was questionable, medical adv ...

In particular, they discussed hygiene from the 1500s, with many historians marking it as the end of the Medieval Era. The pair even expressed astonishment over the reportedly poor hygiene of ...