1300 AD
There really was not much of a personal hygiene in the 1300s. People would bath and stuff in any body of water available to them such as ponds, rivers, or streams. There really was not much emphasis on bathing often. Most people wore woolen clothing, with undergarments made of linen. Brighter colors, better materials, and a longer jacket length were usually signs of greater wealth. The clothing of the aristocracy and wealthy merchants tended to be elaborate and changed according to the dictates of fashion. Women wore flowing gowns and elaborate headwear, ranging from headdresses shaped like hearts or butterflies to tall steeple caps and Italian turbans.
The life expectancy rate was somewhere around the age of 38. During the 14th century the Black Plague struck Europe. It is estimated that it killed between 25 and 50 percent of the European population (around estimated 30 million people). Medical knowledge was very limited and antibiotics had not been invented yet. The......
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