Go offline with the Player FM app!
Boring History For Sleep | The Gross Secret Life of Rich Medieval Nobles
Manage episode 513662673 series 3685090
đ°đ Everyone dreams of being rich in medieval timesâcastles, feasts, golden goblets... but reality check: it was awful. Your fancy silver plates leaked poison, your outfits weighed more than a small child, and your âtoiletâ was a hole that emptied straight into the moat. Romantic, right?
Baths were optional (and by optional, we mean once per royal scandal), food came with a free side of dysentery, and servants saw everythingâbecause privacy hadnât been invented yet.
So get comfy, and drift off to the glorious misery of medieval luxury: gout, moldy castles, and the sweet sound of regret echoing through your banquet hall.
đ Boring History For Sleep | Where even the rich couldnât afford comfortâor soap.
209 episodes
Manage episode 513662673 series 3685090
đ°đ Everyone dreams of being rich in medieval timesâcastles, feasts, golden goblets... but reality check: it was awful. Your fancy silver plates leaked poison, your outfits weighed more than a small child, and your âtoiletâ was a hole that emptied straight into the moat. Romantic, right?
Baths were optional (and by optional, we mean once per royal scandal), food came with a free side of dysentery, and servants saw everythingâbecause privacy hadnât been invented yet.
So get comfy, and drift off to the glorious misery of medieval luxury: gout, moldy castles, and the sweet sound of regret echoing through your banquet hall.
đ Boring History For Sleep | Where even the rich couldnât afford comfortâor soap.
209 episodes
All episodes
×Welcome to Player FM!
Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.