Medieval Era: Hygiene

What was the hygiene like in the Medieval Era? We have touched on that matter in a previous blog post but we have yet to really fully understand and learn the extent of their terrible hygiene. As mentioned in the previous post, bathing was extremely rare, imagining the work that they went through and what they used to do, farming crops, raising herds, manual labour; it is a bit repulsive to how they managed the smell, dirt, faeces, etc.  Note taken, if only they did have good hygiene and have learned about hygiene then, it could've more than likely lessen the risk and lessen the spread of the plague. 

Below are some tasks that I have completed in connection with the spread of the disease, how it got to other cities, countries, etc. As well as the hygiene/belief of the people then.