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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.

Waste Management and Attitudes Towards Cleanliness in Medieval Central Europe

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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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...

Waste Management and Attitudes Towards Cleanliness in Medieval Central Europe

Published Online: Feb 06, 2018

Page range: 266 - 287

Received: Mar 10, 2017

Accepted: Jun 09, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2017-0005

Keywords
Middle Ages, waste, waste management, recycling, environment, hygiene, cleanliness, ashes, clothes laundering

© 2017 Filip Havlíček et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Waste Management and Attitudes Towards Cleanliness in Medieval Central Europe

Published Online: Feb 06, 2018

Page range: 266 - 287

Received: Mar 10, 2017

Accepted: Jun 09, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2017-0005

KeywordsMiddle Ages, waste, waste management, recycling, environment, hygiene, cleanliness, ashes, clothes laundering

© 2017 Filip Havlíček et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Middle Ages, waste, waste management, recycling, environment, hygiene, cleanliness, ashes, clothes laundering