"medieval people bathed regularly. … In fact soap is a motherfucking medieval invention. Yes. It is. The Romans – whomst I don’t see a bunch of basics going around accusing of being filthy – did not, in fact have soap, in contrast." https://going-medieval.com/2019/08/02/i-assure-you-medieval-people-bathed/ …
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You really shouldn't assume that an author agrees with everything said in something they cite.
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I didn't assume, the citation was linked I : "If you intrinsically believe (and it is a belief) that the medieval period is the Dark Ages, and very bad, then you read stuff like this and just assume people are gross and dirty, even if there’s no real evidence of that."
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