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Could early Christianity have become more in favour of personal hygene. I have an idea that the Jewish community tended to take more care of itself in this regard and Christianity did take some other bits from the Jewish tradition.
Might the population of Europe have risen more quickly had disease been less significant?
Would staying clean in the Middle ages actually be practical for the average toiler of the soil?