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Toilets through time | 2. Medieval privies
Episode 2049

Toilets through time | 2. Medieval privies

David Musgrove and historian James Wright revisit the dark and dangerous world of medieval latrines

HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

July 31, 202437m 35s

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Show Notes

Why were medieval monks so afraid of going to the loo? In the second episode of our mini-series Toilets Through Time, David Musgrove heads into the dark and dangerous world of medieval latrines on a quest to find out. Helping him navigate the risks of fire, filth and eternal damnation that came with paying a visit in the Middle Ages is author, architectural archaeologist and medieval myth-buster James Wright.


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