How Filthy Were Medieval People?

How Filthy Were Medieval People?

If there's one sure way to irritate an historian of the Medieval period, it's to ask why the people of the Middle Ages didn't wash.


In this episode, we did just that with Dr Eleanor Janega. Kate and Eleanor get into whether there really was poo everywhere, how the Victorians ruined the Medieval reputation, and what they were actually up to at the public baths.


Eleanor co-hosts our sister podcast Gone Medieval and is the author of 'The Once And Future Sex'.


This episode was edited by Tim Arstall. The producer was Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.


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