Today, we’re diving into the surprisingly fascinating history of personal hygiene. In the Late Middle Ages, one of the most intimate roles in the royal court was the Groom of the Stool (and no, we don ...

Even today, many people dread a trip to the dentist, but in the Middle Ages, it was far worse—no anesthesia, no advanced ...

Visitors to Dutch and German bathhouses in the late Middle Ages emerged from such spaces cleansed of more ... As Coomans and fellow historian Guy Geltner argue in their treatise on medieval urban ...