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Weird Beauty Standards for Women in the Middle Ages
What were women’s beauty standards like in the Middle Ages? Some of their beauty standards seem pretty wild today!Women hid their hair under hats constantly. However, they still cared about how they styled their hair; plenty of people had fancy hair-dos under their veil. They liked having high, big foreheads. The church discouraged cosmetics, but…
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Did Poor People Practice Hygiene in the Middle Ages?
Did poor people practice hygiene in the Middle Ages? Of course!In the Middle Ages, practicing good hygiene was hard for poor people. However, they did their best. They bathed, did their hair, and washed their hands. Baths were there to remove the human stench. Doing hair made someone look tidy. People washed their hands because…