Waste management and attitudes towards cleanliness in medieval central Europe

Filip Havlíček, Adéla Pokorná, Jakub Zálešák

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Abstract

The paper deals with the relationships between people and waste in the Middle Ages, primarily in urban environments in Central Europe. At the center of interest are the attitudes of the inhabitants of medieval cities towards cleanliness and a description of different waste management practices. This paper also describes an experiment using ashes to launder clothing as one possible use of a particular waste material. Keywords: Middle Ages, waste, waste management, recycling, environment, hygiene, cleanliness, ashes, clothes laundering
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)266-287
Number of pages22
Journal Journal of landscape ecology
Volume10.2017
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 6 Feb 2018

Keywords

  • Ashes
  • Cleanliness
  • Clothes laundering
  • Environment
  • Hygiene
  • Middle Ages
  • Recycling
  • Waste
  • Waste management

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