Europe in its true face that we do not know
Umberto Eco says in his latest novel, “The Prague Cemetery,” that in the seventeenth century, the peoples neighboring Italy began to creep in, take refuge in it, and work there as servants and farmers. The Jews, Austrians, Dutch, and Germans crawled there, but the idea did not lie in this creep.
The idea is that all of Europe was a very big dirty swamp. Animals in the street without confining them to a place designated for them, animal and human waste here and there without anyone removing it. Rather, they allocated pigs to eat this waste, and what was left of it was removed by the rains. Europe had enough waste to create a separation wall between countries.
Patrick Zuskind speaks in his novel Perfume. France is a country that radiates stagnation and the stench of rotting fish and the smell of sewage that overflows every year without paying attention to it. It was a major cause of the spread of epidemics and dangerous diseases.
The reason for all this rot...
In the history of the Middle Ages, the Church forbade the use of water except on special occasions, meaning that they bathed twice a year. Even the kings themselves had servants disgusted by their smell, let alone servants. The wisdom behind prohibiting water came on the basis that consuming it in excess may cause osteoporosis.
Many have died due to lack of personal hygiene
When the Native Americans met a king coming from Europe, they would put roses on their noses because of the terrible smell.
French historian Giblert Senoit talks about the superiority of Muslims over Europe, saying:
The Muslims during the Ottoman Empire had a great role in urging people and Europeans to practice personal hygiene, as they learned to bathe regularly and also introduced soap and perfumes extracted from herbs and the idea of changing and washing clothes from time to time.
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