What Life Was Like In Medieval Castles
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Some nasty mofos.
Nasty cacs
Yet,they call our ancestors savages and filthy.....
BATHING WAS UNCOMMON IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
hristians were prohibited from bathing naked and, overall, the church began to not approve an “excessive” indulgence in the habit of bathing. This culminated in the Medieval church authorities proclaiming that public bathing led to immorality, promiscuous sex, and diseases.
This latter “disease” point was very common; it was believed in many parts of Europe that water could carry disease into the body through the pores in the skin. According to one medical treaty of the 16th century, “Water baths warm the body, but weaken the organism and widen pores. That’s why they can be dangerous and cause different diseases, even death.” It wasn’t just diseases from the water itself they were worried about. They also felt that with the pores widened after a bath, this resulted in infections of the air having easier access to the body. Hence, bathing became connected with spread of diseases, not just immorality.
For some lower class citizens, particularly men, this resulted in them largely forgoing bathing whenever possible. During this time, people tended to restrict their hygienic arrangements to just washing hands, parts of the face, and rinsing their mouths. Washing one’s entire face was thought to be dangerous as it was believed to cause catarrh and weaken the eyesight, so even this was infrequent.
This wasn’t always the case though. As one Russian ambassador to France noted “His Majesty [Louis XIV] stunk like a wild animal.” Russians were not so finicky about bathing and tended to bathe regularly, relatively speaking. King Louis XIV stench came from the fact that his physicians advised him to bathe as infrequently as possible to maintain good health. He also stated he found the act of bathing disturbing. Because of this, he is said to have only bathed twice in his lifetime. Another in this “gruesome two-some” class among the aristocracy was Queen Isabel I of Spain who once confessed that she had taken a bath only twice in her lifetime, when she was first born and when she got married. Of course, in both cases, they are perhaps forgetting many times when their parents may have had their servants bathe them as children. And given certain moral attitudes of the day, it may be that they were just saying they never bathed, rather than this literally being the case. Whatever the case, once adults, both individuals claimed to abstain from bathing.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/05/why-bathing-was-uncommon-in-medieval-europe/
They did not clean themselves, the video only wants to sanitize how nasty it was in Europe. Could this be the reason why their smell like wet dogs when water touches them? The body genes adapts to environment, just saying it could be a link.
hristians were prohibited from bathing naked and, overall, the church began to not approve an “excessive” indulgence in the habit of bathing. This culminated in the Medieval church authorities proclaiming that public bathing led to immorality, promiscuous sex, and diseases.
This latter “disease” point was very common; it was believed in many parts of Europe that water could carry disease into the body through the pores in the skin. According to one medical treaty of the 16th century, “Water baths warm the body, but weaken the organism and widen pores. That’s why they can be dangerous and cause different diseases, even death.” It wasn’t just diseases from the water itself they were worried about. They also felt that with the pores widened after a bath, this resulted in infections of the air having easier access to the body. Hence, bathing became connected with spread of diseases, not just immorality.
For some lower class citizens, particularly men, this resulted in them largely forgoing bathing whenever possible. During this time, people tended to restrict their hygienic arrangements to just washing hands, parts of the face, and rinsing their mouths. Washing one’s entire face was thought to be dangerous as it was believed to cause catarrh and weaken the eyesight, so even this was infrequent.
This wasn’t always the case though. As one Russian ambassador to France noted “His Majesty [Louis XIV] stunk like a wild animal.” Russians were not so finicky about bathing and tended to bathe regularly, relatively speaking. King Louis XIV stench came from the fact that his physicians advised him to bathe as infrequently as possible to maintain good health. He also stated he found the act of bathing disturbing. Because of this, he is said to have only bathed twice in his lifetime. Another in this “gruesome two-some” class among the aristocracy was Queen Isabel I of Spain who once confessed that she had taken a bath only twice in her lifetime, when she was first born and when she got married. Of course, in both cases, they are perhaps forgetting many times when their parents may have had their servants bathe them as children. And given certain moral attitudes of the day, it may be that they were just saying they never bathed, rather than this literally being the case. Whatever the case, once adults, both individuals claimed to abstain from bathing.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/05/why-bathing-was-uncommon-in-medieval-europe/
They did not clean themselves, the video only wants to sanitize how nasty it was in Europe. Could this be the reason why their smell like wet dogs when water touches them? The body genes adapts to environment, just saying it could be a link.
I believe there is a book on this that goes into even MORE detail.
When i get a chance mos def
Pass, good info tho
Yup
I remember reading some where one historian said that Medieval Europe was an extremely nasty smelling place, except in Spain. The Moors ruled Spain and they had bathhouses everywhere.
The French would just put on perfume everyday, but they wouldn't bathe. Just unsanitary for no reason. Most of Europe was like this. That's why I think the Bubonic plague hit Europe so hard (rats had that shit, and the fleas bit the rats and transmitted that shit to the people.) Filthy!
The French would just put on perfume everyday, but they wouldn't bathe. Just unsanitary for no reason. Most of Europe was like this. That's why I think the Bubonic plague hit Europe so hard (rats had that shit, and the fleas bit the rats and transmitted that shit to the people.) Filthy!
It took a black man to teach them how to wash their filthy asses!
This lifestyle of living dirty with rats in housing with your feces genetically strengthen their population allowing them to wipe out other groups, taking their shit.
Ok,
Well this thread made me itchy .....
Well this thread made me itchy .....
Nasty ass savages
History of vampires.. Heard of most of this cac savagery
A time when an artificial world had a chance to do a lot of growing. And a time when a lot of missions probably to destroy the identity and history of blacks the original owners of the earth. The pyramids were here before castles. It is strange that the richest family on earth right now have buildings that resemble castles (Rothschilds). Same with Queen Elizabeth.
In Warfare the positive side that gave the Europeans leg up was that they were nasty dirty people that they are. They were able to wipe out native populations of the Americans both North and South. Most native Americans did not die from bullet but from Europeans diseases like chicken pox and the measles.
they died from every thing these savage cacs had... Colds, flu, virus, bacteria... Till this day we die from these nasty bastards... Don't care what anybody says I bet this bedbug s hit that hit America was from them lice carrying bastards
I remember my 6th grade teacher telling us what life was really like in a castle. Fucked our young minds totally up! Btw, not only did the rich French people put perfume on over filth, but they also would "wash up" using wine.
What's funny,bed bugs could have been extinct during the 60s but the United States stop using the pesticide that was killing them.
That’s Europeans for you. It wasn’t until recently they stop throwing their shit through their front window.
Fake news the characters in Vikings and Game of thrones bathe
what was the reason?
Pretty much the exact opposite of what it was like to live in ancient Egypt.
I actually heard something like this before
My kid just reminded me its actually a book i used in a reading class i taught awhile back for kids.
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https://www.bedbugs.org/the-history-of-bed-bugs/
The History of Bed Bugs
From the Beginning
It is thought that C. lecturlarius may have actually originated in the Middle East, in caves that were inhabited by humans as well as bats. The lineages of the bed bug can be traced by their name as well. In ancient Rome, they were called Cimex, meaning ‘bug’, the species designation lecturlarius refers to a couch or bed.
They are ancient insects and they have lived off hosts since time began. Studies have suggested that they parasitized bats first and then moved on to humans. The bugs inhabited the same caves where civilization began.
With the Growth of Civilization, They Multiplied
These bugs have been found fossilized, dating back further than 3,500 years, and have been found at archaeological sites. During that age, the bugs were used as a potion to try to cure common ailments. They were burned by the Romans and Greeks to make leeches release their hold. To cure snakebite, Egyptians would drink them.
They thrived due to the formation of villages and then cities. Civilization grew and the bugs multiplied and spread all throughout Asia and Europe.
By 100 A.D., they were a well-known presence in Italy, in 600 A.D. in China, in the 1200s in Germany and the 1400s in France. Heat that was generated from cooking and sleeping fires afforded the bugs a comfortable life in the wealthiest families residing in castles and the less fortunate working class living in huts.
England and Ancient Greece
England first reported the bugs in 1583. Shortly thereafter, they arrived in the Americas, stowing away with the European explorers and the settlers.
In 400 BC, Ancient Greece mentioned the bugs and they were mentioned again by Aristotle. According to Pliny’s Natural History that was first published in Rome around 77 AD, medicinal values for these bloodsucking insects included the treatment of ailments like ear infections and snake bites.
This belief in their medicinal properties continued at least until the 18th century. That is when Guettard recommended using them to treat hysteria.
In the 1800’s
The early colonists brought the bugs with them to the Americas in the 1700‘s. In the earlier part of the 18th century, colonial writings document severe problems with them in Canada and the English colonies. In the 1800s, they were abundant in North America following the arrival of the European settlers.
In an attempt to deter the bugs, their beds were generally made out of sassafras wood and doused the crevices with boiling water, sulfur and arsenic. However, there was not a problem with them in the Indian villages.
It was known that old sailing ships were overrun with these offending bugs. Many sailors had complained that bugs were attacking them while they were sleeping at night. They forbade colonists and passengers from bringing any bedding on board the ship.
German Beginnings
Germany first mentioned the bugs in the 11th century. They were first mentioned in France during the 13th century. England’s first mention was in the year 1583, until 1670 the bugs were rather rare in England.
Some people in the 18th century thought that the bugs were brought to London in supplies purchased to rebuild London following the Great Fire in the year 1666.
In the 18th century, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli made note of their presence in Carniola, which is generally equivalent to Slovenia in present-day.
Railroads, hotels and ships were ideal accommodations. Travelers that were wise to their habits would pull their beds away from the walls and then immerse the legs in pans full of oil.
Old School Treatment
Over the years, there have been multitudes of formulas claiming they could assist in controlling infestations. If these formulas were used today, it could result in being incarcerated.
By the middle of the 1800s, the poor were plagued as well as the rich. These were overcrowded areas that had low cleanliness standards. The wealthier households that had excess domestic help discovered that vigorous housekeeping assisted in eliminating the pests.
The larger benefit from these kinds of efforts was detecting the infestations during their vulnerable initial stages. The greatest remedy is extreme cleaning and continuous care and examining all the joints and crevices to ensure there are no more residing in those dark crevices.
Early 20th Century
In the early 20th century, the majority of Americans had seen a one and most had been bitten. At that time, they were considered one of the top three pests concerning structures.
Surveys taken at that time showed that almost 1/3rd of all the residences in some of the cities were infested. In the lower income areas, nearly all the residences had been infested at some point. In the lower income areas, they were considered to be the #1 public enemy.
Then something surprising happened. All of a sudden, they were gone, at least in the countries that were developed. By the ‘50s, the American entomologists were having difficulty finding live bugs for their laboratory work. The question was what happened?
DDT
In the ‘50s, DDT was introduced to exterminate cockroaches and other bug populations and populations began to decrease rapidly. They met their match in DDT. The DDT would be dusted or sprayed all around and all over the bed.
This control would last at least a year. In 1972, DDT being used as a pesticide was banned. It was thought that DDT as well as other pesticides could cause cancer and also endangered wildlife, especially the bird population.
It is also believed that the vacuum cleaner and simplified furniture design also assisted in helping elimination. Some believe that it may have been the organisms’ cyclical nature.
Infestations Are Worldwide
These parasites reside all over the world. The infestation rates in the developed countries had decreased from the ‘30s to the ‘80s. However, their numbers have been greatly increasing since the ‘80s. Before this, they were still rather common in the developing parts of the world, but extremely rare in the developed world.
Infestations began increasing even more rapidly over the past few years. The current number of infestations is similar to the mid-century numbers that were seen. The number of infestations is still on the rise.
Despite the fact that they became resistant to DDT within several years, we were still able to control them with the use of other chlorinated hydrocarbons like lindane. An organophosphate insecticide known as malathion was also used.
By the mid ‘50s they were not a major pest in the household, now only an occasional pest. Generally, they would be found in the settings that were socially depressed or in areas with other rather unusual circumstances. Every so often a problem may arise in a prison, shelter, cabin or youth hostel, nearly never in hotels or homes.
CACs were responsible for them too.
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