Dirty Dark Ages Freshen Up in Paris Exhibit on Bathing
- August 12, 2009 21:46
In the Middle Ages, most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled reasonably good at the wedding. Or so the old story goes. “The Bath and the Mirror,” an exhibition at the Musee de Cluny in Paris, strives to debunk the myth of the filthy Dark Ages....