From 1347 to 1353, the horrific Black Death raged like death and soon swept the world. The death scythe harvested the lives of nearly 200 million people. The death toll in Europe alone was as high as 25 million, accounting for almost 10% of the total population of Europe at that

When you think of aristocrats, what do you think of? Noble, elegant, personable, gentlemanly, and of course, glamorous appearance. But if you talk about the nobility of medieval Europe, you will have a beyond three-dimensional understanding.

Do you think the nobles are like this?

From 1347 to 1353, the horrific Black Death raged like the god of death, and soon swept the world. The sickle of the god of death harvested the lives of nearly 200 million people, in Europe alone. The death toll was as high as 25 million, accounting for almost 1/3 of the total population of Europe at that time.

At that time, European medicine was very ignorant and had no way of understanding the pathogenesis of the Black Death. So the blame was placed on the miserable Jews and unknown creatures from the East.

People at that time believed that the Black Death was caused by the poisonous gas emitted by the Jews spreading through the skin through the air. The only way to prevent and treat it is to try to eliminate contact between skin and air.

Therefore, doctors believe that wearing thick and tight clothes can become the first barrier to isolate the air, and the body dirt accumulated over the years can clog the pores and become the second barrier, which can well block the invasion of the plague.

At the same time, doctors solemnly warned everyone that it was extremely dangerous to take off your clothes and expose your body, as the plague would take advantage of it, and repeatedly warned people not to take a bath, which was tantamount to suicide. Without the protection of dirt, plague can penetrate the body through the pores at any time.

Under the repeated warnings of these famous European doctors, Europeans at that time regarded bathing as a life-or-death enemy. An old woman who is called a saint has not bathed for decades, and at most she only washed two fingers. What's more, hearing the word "bath" will trigger vomiting. Even the King of France and the Queen of England hate bathing.

In Christian doctrine, it is believed that dirt wraps up a holy soul, and the more one does not bathe, the more holy he becomes, and people who have not bathed for decades are regarded as saints. It can only be said that the brain circuits of medieval Europeans were indeed rather strange. Please note that what follows is not suitable for viewing while dining.

Due to not bathing for many years, everyone, no matter they are common people or princes and nobles, exudes a pungent stench, maggots, fleas crawling in and out of the hair and body, the "great" Louis X Because Si couldn't stand the stench on his body, he ordered people to develop scented water, which was the prototype of perfume. The nobles used perfume to cover up the stench on their bodies. I don't know if the term "smelly and smelly" came out at that time. Today, French perfume leads the world. I wonder what you will think when you understand its origin.

There were no toilets in Europe in the Middle Ages, and there were many convenient places for people to use them. They could be on the corner of the road or on the steps in front of or behind the house. They were not limited to one form. When ladies attended banquets, they had to ask their servants to carry a "basin" So that it can be solved on the spot at any time. It should be noted that noble ladies wore skirts and went to the toilet under their skirts. I wonder what the men at that time would think if they saw their favorite ladies or young ladies standing in skirts for convenience.

The nobles also built rows of sitting pits with holes on the water, and there were no partitions between them. They could talk or fall in love while going to the toilet. This also became the most high-end toilet method at that time. Of course, there was a public sponge for wiping butts.

It was also extremely convenient for Europeans to empty the toilet at that time. You could open the window and pour it directly into the street, so if you were walking There is always the risk of being bombed on the street. At that time, the streets of France and England were full of garbage. There was feces everywhere on the streets and there was nowhere to put your feet. The soles of people's shoes and the sides of women's skirts were covered with feces.

King Louis XIV’s palace did not escape this grand scene. Even the steps of the palace were covered with feces. In order to avoid stepping on feces, the great Louis XIV invented shoes with high heels. To think that this anti-poop invention has become a popular high-heeled shoe in later generations, leading the fashion trend of countless beauty-loving women.