How terrible was medieval Europe? Why do you say that?

During the 1 years when ideas were bound, the social development in Europe was basically at a standstill, both in the technical field and in the level of main production forces. It is worth mentioning that some things that happened in Europe at that stage were unimaginable.

environmental sanitation

the natural environment in medieval Europe can be said to be very bad. For example, Queen Elizabeth I of England was criticized for her extravagant life, but the reason why Elizabeth I was criticized was unimaginable: she took a bath once a month. It seems puzzling why Europeans in the Middle Ages didn't like cleanliness so much. But it also makes people see the other side. The highest ruler in our country still takes a bath once a month, not to mention ordinary people. Some people even don't take a bath all their lives.

In fact, the social and economic development in Britain was very good at that time, so why did they take a bath for so long? In fact, people's thinking in the Middle Ages was different from ours. In people's eyes, bathing is a very important stage every day, especially after sweating after activities. If you don't take a bath in time, you will probably continue to be despised by people around you. However, cleanliness, which everyone is accustomed to, has always been regarded as a heinous crime in medieval Europe. From the fall of the Roman kingdom to the Victorian era, the slogan of Christians was: to respect the Buddha, get dirty first.

About the bathroom

In medieval Europe, if you want to consider a person's wealth, in addition to the size of armored combat vehicles he used, another wealth representative is the total number of urinals. Is it hard to imagine? But a man named Mark Ansoni convinced you of this. His potty is made of pure gold, and he would not be easy to use if it were not made of pure gold. This is still acceptable, and the following content is very impossible for people. Everyone knows that France is famous for its romance, but France was not romantic at all during the European Renaissance. If you want to get into the king's sight, sometimes you have to smell the king's buttocks first ... Don't feel incredible, it's true.

A person who asked our country to create a public toilet said, "Around the Louvre, inside and outside the palace, behind the aisles and gates everywhere, and in almost any area, you can see more than a thousand piles of' excrement', and everyone will smell the foul smell, which is also caused by the natural requirements of these people who live in the Louvre and those who go to the morning every day ..." For another example, At the ceremony to celebrate Anna Boleyn's transformation into Henry VIII, there are two maids who have been squatting at the bottom of the table. What they have to do is to solve the queen's excrement, one with a potty and the other with toilet paper, and then imagine for themselves. Not to mention the royal family, the street community in medieval Europe stinks. There is a small town called Lavacola, which means "wash your hips".

parasite problem

living environment is so bad, there is no doubt that parasites will grow in large numbers. Indeed, people in medieval Europe were puzzled by parasites. Catherine Harvey, a historian at the University of London, wrote in her book "Food, Drink and Bishop in medieval England": Because archaeologists have had many explorations and discoveries in recent years, with the exposure of the poor sanitary conditions in the Middle Ages. For example, in the remains of toilets, archaeologists saw a large number of eggs of gastrointestinal parasites. During a recent excavation in the German coastal port of Lubeck, many medieval parasites and tapeworms were also found. What is even more surprising is that even the king's body is covered with parasite eggs. The remains of King Richard III of England were found, and his body was covered with tapeworm eggs.

Another king: Ferdinand II, the late king of Naples, basically kept the information during burial because his body was mummified in Egypt. After inspection by archaeologists, his hair was covered with fleas. Because of the backward medical level, it is widely believed that parasites such as fleas are the body's own. Paradoxically, even doctors agree with such opinions. Because the understanding of parasites is not deep enough, the method of treating parasites at that time was also strange. For example, washing your hair with the sea surface and applying wormwood to treat it. However, their treatment with wormwood is not the same as people's moxibustion, but they just swallow it alive immediately, which will cause patients to have more serious diarrhea. As everyone knows, compared with the damage caused by worm teeth or parasites, Europeans at that time were not afraid of diarrhea. The reason why parasites were serious in medieval Europe was that people didn't pay attention to cleanliness, and it was also related to the beliefs preached by the church.