The Gazette

Medieval feces shows Crusaders struggled with worms and hygiene

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Medieval feces discovered at an ancient castle in Cyprus has revealed that the Crusaders suffered from a bad case of the worms, and had poor hygiene habits. Researchers from the ...
WRAL

Then and now: Bubonic plague expert discusses parallels to coronavirus pandemic

Purdue University professor Dorsey Armstrong says medieval Europe reacted the same way to the "black death" bubonic plague 700 years ago as the world is reacting to the coronavirus pandemic today. The ...
Wall Street Journal

The Middle Ages Were Cleaner Than We Think

A longstanding myth holds that people in medieval Christian Europe didn’t bathe. In fact, the Middle Ages subscribed heartily to the adage “cleanliness is next to godliness.” Thinkers of the period ...
Reuters

Medieval faeces shows Crusaders struggled with worms and hygiene

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Medieval faeces discovered at an ancient castle in Cyprus has revealed that the Crusaders suffered from a bad case of the worms, and had poor hygiene habits. Researchers from the ...