Tearful Thinker: Medieval Health and Hygiene

clevergirlhelps:

Hygiene in the Middle Ages was heavily dependent on smells – and not in the way you might think. Disease was thought to be caused by miasmas, or areas of foul air. On the other hand, people who were close to God were thought to smell nice. For example, when saints died, they…

Tearful Thinker: Medieval Health and Hygiene