Commonly in medieval period peasants could also "wash" with ashes (+ water), as it is a source of alkaline. Alkaline is at its root an arabic word that means "ash", and it's a key ingredient in soap making. Average workers could not afford soap (ex: olive oil & alkaline).
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Indeed, Europeans have been making their own soap since pre-Roman times and in the early middle ages there was a soap making industry and soap guilds.https://fakehistoryhunter.wordpress.com/2019/09/10/medieval-myths-bingo/ …
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