The Middle Ages: Cleaner Than We Thought

The Middle Ages: Cleaner Than We ThoughtConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 804, Segment 2

Dec 30, 2020 • 18m

Even without indoor plumbing, people in the Middle Ages were aware of—and attentive to—cleanliness much more than we've given them credit for. Guest: Katherine Harvey, Medieval Historian, Birkbeck, University of London

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