The Truth About Louis XIV & His Unwashed 🍑

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Everyone seems to think that Louis XIV took only 2 (or 3) baths during his entire life, even respectable sources make this claim, but is it true? Or are we just missing some additional context? Understanding hygienic practices in history can be confusing - very often they're weird and different compared to our modern beliefs, but sometimes things can get a bit too weird and it's worth a deeper investigation. So, if you've heard this factoid before, this video is for you.

I also want to apologize to my French audience for how bad my French was in this entire video, I would say that I'll never do it again, but, if we're being honest with ourselves, that's not true.

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Chapters:

00:00 - 01:44 - Bonjour Y'all!
01:45 - 10:39 - Part 1: Was Louis XIV "Hygienic"
10:40 - 12:22 - Bathrooms at Versailles
12:23 - 23:17 - So How Many Baths DID Louis Take?
23:18 - 24:10 - Bloopers

Sources:
Journal de la santé du roi Louis XIV de l'année 1647 à l'année 1711 / écrit par Vallot, d'Aquin et Fagon,... ; avec introd., notes... par J.-A. Le Roi,...: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt...

Concepts of Cleanliness: Changing Attitudes in France Since the Middle Ages: https://archive.org/details/conceptso...

The Clean Body: A Modern History by Peter Ward

The Early History of Cleanliness in America: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1894408

Duke Saint Simon https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3875/... (there are other versions on the internet, btw)

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