>>2656990>nonsense. people lived in mud and had no concept of hygiene until the 1700'sThat's a western European problem. Eastern Europeans had bath houses and weren't affected by plague.
Western Europeans had to learn from Slavs how to clean themselves, why they should use utensils instead of eating with their hands, and why they should remove shit from their castles.
>In many aspects, Polish culture had a positive influence on France. At Wawel, the French were introduced to new technologies of septic facilities, in which litter (excrement) was taken outside the castle walls.[19] On returning to France, Henry ordered the construction of such facilities at the Louvre and other palaces.[19] Other inventions introduced to the French by the Polish included a bath with regulated hot and cold water, as well as forks. Henri III (1551–1589) [...] he is widely credited for having introduced the fork into France. 