Summary Of Getting Clean The Tudor Way By Ruth Goodman

The overall argument made by Ruth Goodman in Getting Clean , the Tudor Way, is that the routine followed in the 16th century Tudor period of using linens to keep proper hygiene was actually better than taking a bath or shower. More importantly, Goodman argues that wearing dirty linens or clothing caused a person to stink more so than a lack of showering. She states, “it appears to be absence of laundry, rather than the absence of washing the body in water, that has the biggest impact upon personal hygiene.” (Goodman 4) Goodman experimented following this routine and found by simply changing her linens and not showering, she remained smell free. In this article , Goodman hypotheses if you frequently swap out the layers of linen clothing,