A Sweet Bath and Sweating: Renaissance Ladies and Bathing

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4 juillet 2013

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The Recipes Project

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Hypothèses : carnets de recherches en Sciences humaines et sociales

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Revival of letters Renaissance--Europe Renaissance--History

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colleenekennedy, « A Sweet Bath and Sweating: Renaissance Ladies and Bathing », The Recipes Project, ID : 10.58079/tcnm

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by Colleen Kennedy Bathing in the Renaissance could be a fragrant and languorous event, especially for a lady with her own herbal garden (or the extra money to buy spices, flowers, and herbs) and some free time.  Even sweating could be aromatic, rejuvenating, and relaxing. This post  reconsiders early modern bathing and hygienic habits, in response to a short article by Dodai Stewart entitled “Tudor Fashion: Pretty, But Best Not to Think About the Stench” posted to the feminist newsblog Jeze...

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