Viking Hygiene Cleanliness in a Time of Grime Popular imagination often paints Vikings as wild, unkempt raiders dripping with blood and mud, but archaeological and literary evidence reveals a very different reality. Far from being filthy barbarians, the Norse placed immense value on personal cleanliness and grooming. In fact, their hygiene habits were so refined compared to their medieval European counterparts that it drew both admiration and suspicion. Viking men and women bathed at least once

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