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that's actually a common misconception, while the peasantry bathed less than we would consider acceptable today, they did bathe pretty regularly
the people that notably didn't were the (primarily french and french-adjacent) aristocracy
to elaborate a little, because they didn't know how disease spread back then, the reasons people would bathe was mostly because they were visibly dirty, or they smelt bad
the aristocracy didn't get particularly dirty due to their lifestyle, and they covered the smell with expensive perfume
Thanks for the correction. And another reminder I don’t dunk on the ruling class enough.