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Sweet and clean? : bodies and clothes in early modern England /

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"How dirty were our ancestors, really? Academic history has persuaded us that everyone in the early modern era thought bathing was unhealthy, so they didn't do it. Sweet and Clean? challenges this view, using a range of fascinating evidence to tell a different story about the washing of bo...

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Main Author: North, Susan, 1956- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Clothing and dress > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Bathing customs > Europe > History > 17th century.
Hygiene > England > History > 17th century.
Medicine > History > 17th century.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Hygiene > history
Clothing > history
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
England
Bains > Europe > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Hygiène > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Europe.
HISTORY.
Renaissance.
Social History.
Hygiene
Bathing customs
Clothing and dress
Great Britain
Europe
1600-1699
Electronic books.
History
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