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Offline Clive

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Health, Grooming, and Medicine in the Viking Age.
« on: August 19, 2010, 16:19 »
 "John of Wallingford, the abbot of St. Albans Abbey wrote in his chronicles that the Norse invaders in England were far more attractive to Anglo-Saxon women since, unlike Anglo-Saxon men, they combed their hair daily, took baths weekly, and laundered their clothing regularly."

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Re: Health, Grooming, and Medicine in the Viking Age.
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2010, 16:21 »
Not a lot's changed in Essex. ;D :scoot:
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Re: Health, Grooming, and Medicine in the Viking Age.
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2010, 16:34 »
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