How was hygiene practiced during the Elizabethan Era?

Therefore, lower class citizens (making up the bulk of the Elizabethan era people) would maybe only bathe a few times in a single year. For the upper class, they had a little bit more luxury and were able to bathe roughly once every couple of weeks. The bathing itself was probably not the most sanitary of things. read more

The Health and Hygiene in the Elizabethan Era was not good at all. Middle class people would only bath once or twice a year. The roads were full of sewerage and mud. The smell was horrific and I don't see how the people back then could bear the smell. I would have died of the smell if I was alive back then. read more