Chapter 350: Bathing Exercise

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Although the administrator's eyes were a little cloudy, the sudden turn of the head still startled the rest of the group.

"Of course, of course!" Everyone nodded their heads one after another, and their hair was a little disheveled.

The administrator just smiled, then turned his head back and continued his steps.

Two years ago, three years after the New Deal, our king tried to test the results of this reform and to change the customs of England.

First of all, let's make it clear that Europeans don't like bathing, it's fake.

The upper class of the European aristocracy and clergy had always been fond of bathing, and in the early Middle Ages, the aristocracy still maintained this good habit.

However, the arrival of the Black Death made the whole of Europe more and more afraid of bathing.

One is religious, in order to maintain the chastity of the flesh and thus to be more devout to God. In this way, it is usually religious, and there are fewer nobles and commoners.

However, there are still some, such as Queen Victoria, who later generations, is known as the queen of European grandmothers.

I didn't take a bath for decades, and finally I was canonized, and I was also drunk.

Second, in the late Middle Ages, Genghis Khan's westward expansion, the Mongols not only brought wars, they attacked cities, slaughtered cities, and unscrupulously littered animal carcasses to pollute water sources, bringing the Black Death to Europe.

The virus recurs every few decades, tormenting Western Europeans to death.

But they were allowed to develop the ability to be invincible, and even used this characteristic to learn from Genghis Khan, and instead slaughtered the Indians, hundreds of people conquered the empire of millions of people.

After hundreds of years of torture, Europeans suddenly believed that water brought the Black Death (and yes, Genghis Khan threw dead bodies into rivers and wells to breach cities).

But one can't live without water! Otherwise, they will all die.

But bathing can be avoided! If you don't take a bath, you won't die, even if your body stinks, but it's better than dead!

As a result, from top to bottom, Europe began a perennial pattern of not bathing, and even took pride in it.

The third point is also the religious factor.

Because *** often fasted and bathed, and at that time, Turkey was extremely vigorous, looking like it was going to swallow up the Christian world, and those Mediterranean regions, as the first line, naturally became more and more nervous.

And this is, one of the ways to distinguish Christians from *** is to see if the body is relatively clean.

And in order to prevent being mistaken for ***, the common people in the Mediterranean region naturally abandoned the custom of bathing.

Moreover, the church also believes that bathing is easy to produce desire, and as a Christian, one should abstain from sex, and there should be no way to violate the holy law such as bathing.

They believe that hot baths tend to make people overly comfortable and produce ** (which is farting).

In particular, public baths were directly related to health care at that time, after all, mixed baths were very convenient for gods to fight.

In the 13th century, there were men who walked the streets of Paris to greet people to the steam and tub baths. These establishments were already common in Paris at the time, with 26 in 1292. The operation of steam rooms and tub baths became an industry and entered daily life.

- Showers are so popular that a steam bath can be taken quite often as a reward for some craftsmen, servants, and day laborers. "The royal family gave Jean Petit and other personal attendants a day's annual leave to take a steam bath, which cost a total of 108 sous." When they go to the steam bath, depending on the price, they can ask for an additional bath, delicacies, delicacies, and even a bed. β€”Life and Labor in Medieval Europe, P. Boissonna

It can be said that, as a modern man, our King made it clear in the newly printed Bible, under the guise of a saint, that the Black Death was not due to bathing, but to rats.

As for which saint said it, Edward said that he had been dead for hundreds of years, and you said that he had not said it, who knows?

Anyway, it's on your head, and you can't escape.

In addition, in the name of the head of the state church, Edward also demanded that the clergy throughout England must explain in detail to the common people.

In addition to the religious aspect, Edward asked the Privy Council to draw up a decree requiring major cities to build public baths on a large scale in cities with a standard of one bathhouse per 1,000 people.

In this way, from the religious and administrative point of view, a vigorous bathing campaign was launched throughout England.

According to some scholars, in London alone, two public baths have been established in every thousand-household district, and the number of public baths in the whole of London has reached seventy-two.

"Since last year, the whole city has suddenly changed as if a group of people have changed, and the original citizens have all changed, whether they are skinny poor people or pot-bellied rich merchants, they are all so clean and hearty at this time, I even have some doubts that I have come to the kingdom of God!"

"At this moment, the appearance of people's bodies is suddenly unified.

If you ignore the clothes on them, they're no different, and it's going to be harder and harder for you to identify them! ”

"At this time, I suddenly realized that at this time, the difference in identity is no longer the abyss, but just a piece of clothing!"

"Although, I still think that most of this young majesty's actions are wrong, but this time, it is rare to be right!"

From the University of Oxford, a scholar of repute in England, described it in his diary.

Of course, this bathing campaign was not all smooth sailing.

In this world, there are still devout believers in Christ, including those who are the elite of society - the aristocracy.

For example, in front of Edward's eyes, such a protest appeared.

Behind it, there is a long list of signatures, and there are 39 counties in England, and each county has a character on it.

If you don't know the truth, if you see this love letter, which is actually a protest letter, I am afraid that you will be shocked.

Even the king could not offend the country's elite, which symbolized that the rule was in jeopardy.

However, if you look at it, I'm afraid you will cry and laugh.

The central idea of such a protest is to put an end to the bathing movement that has spread across the country.

The terrible consequences are either loss of life and money, or the possibility of another outbreak of the Black Death, or the displeasure of God, which are repeated over and over again.

Edward had a headache for this, this was the first time since he succeeded to the throne that he felt the oppression of the elite, and for such a strange reason.

The previous Reformation, wars, taxation, and even local physical reforms, these elites were indifferent, but the mere bathing movement, which had only been going on for less than two years, was met with protests.

This made Edward really laugh and cry.