The Welsh Viking | Viking and Medieval Toilets! Pooping in the Past! @TheWelshViking | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
This is a very, very short introduction to just a few of the ways people found to deal with the problem of poo (and pee) piling up in the medieval age! From pits, latrines, and buckets, to garderobes and river bridges, there's so much to explore in this filthy, fascinating subject that I will absolutely end up doing another video on pooping and historical toilets! Oh poop yes!
Brace yourselves, get a nice soft almanac ready, and let's... er... jump in.
Channels mentioned: @BoatTime
Credits by @Anttimation
York Georgian Festival: mansionhouseyork.com/yorkgeorgianfestival
(again, they have not paid me for this, but as I'm technically endorsing them I ticked the "paid promotion box because YT can be iffy)
Reading:
researchgate.net/publication/340964747_Fragments_of_meals_in_eastern_Denmark_from_the_Viking_Age_to_the_Renaissance_New_evidence_from_organic_remains_in_latrines
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10107795
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/2853898
researchgate.net/publication/287220807_Sewers_cesspits_and_middens_A_survey_of_the_evidence_for_2000_years_of_waste_disposal_in_York_UK
le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/2010/2010%20%2884%29%20117-149%20Kipling.pdf
theguardian.com/culture/2019/feb/13/helles-toilet-12th-century-three-person-loo-seat-goes-on-display
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Business email: jade@scarletragemedia.com
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My actual website: welshviking.com
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This is a very, very short introduction to just a few of the ways people found to deal with the problem of poo (and pee) piling up in the medieval age! From pits, latrines, and buckets, to garderobes and river bridges, there's so much to explore in this filthy, fascinating subject that I will absolutely end up doing another video on pooping and historical toilets! Oh poop yes!
Brace yourselves, get a nice soft almanac ready, and let's... er... jump in.
Channels mentioned: @BoatTime
Credits by @Anttimation
York Georgian Festival: mansionhouseyork.com/yorkgeorgianfestival
(again, they have not paid me for this, but as I'm technically endorsing them I ticked the "paid promotion box because YT can be iffy)
Reading:
researchgate.net/publication/340964747_Fragments_of_meals_in_eastern_Denmark_from_the_Viking_Age_to_the_Renaissance_New_evidence_from_organic_remains_in_latrines
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10107795
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/2853898
researchgate.net/publication/287220807_Sewers_cesspits_and_middens_A_survey_of_the_evidence_for_2000_years_of_waste_disposal_in_York_UK
le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/2010/2010%20%2884%29%20117-149%20Kipling.pdf
theguardian.com/culture/2019/feb/13/helles-toilet-12th-century-three-person-loo-seat-goes-on-display
Find me elsewhere:
Business email: jade@scarletragemedia.com
Patreon: patreon.com/jimmyjohnson
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/thewelshviking
My actual website: welshviking.com
Insta: @littlewelshviking
Letters, parcels, packages?
The Welsh Viking,
PO Box 821,
YORK,
YO1 0PY
