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Sweet and clean? : bodies and clothes in early modern England / Susan North.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- North, Susan, 1956- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hygiene--England--History.
- Hygiene.
- Bathing customs--England--History.
- Bathing customs.
- Laundry--England--History.
- Laundry.
- Textile fabrics--Health aspects--England--History.
- Textile fabrics.
- Underwear--England--History.
- Underwear.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (356 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- 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 bodies and scrubbing of clothes in early modern England.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 16, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-259821-X
- 0-19-188963-6
- 0-19-259820-1
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