The Truth About Louis XIV & His Unwashed 🍑

Thank you Birch Living for sponsoring! Click here https://birchliving.com/abbycox to get 25% off your Birch mattress (plus two free Eco-Rest pillows!) during their Extended Labor Day Sale. Offers are subject to change. #birchliving Everyone seems to think that Louis XIV took only 2 (or 3) baths during his entire life, even respectable sources make this claim, but is it true? Or are we just missing some additional context? Understanding hygienic practices in history can be confusing - very often they're weird and different compared to our modern beliefs, but sometimes things can get a bit too weird and it's worth a deeper investigation. So, if you've heard this factoid before, this video is for you. I also want to apologize to my French audience for how bad my French was in this entire video, I would say that I'll never do it again, but, if we're being honest with ourselves, that's not true. Get yourself the cutest dang corset pin and nerd tote here: https://store.dftba.com/collections/abby-cox?srsltid=AfmBOorh0XqXvHshNgZfyVFWfunJUa1QhI0tyBrwAjEJilBE5MJbRSdY Keep Watching: What you get wrong about Lice & Hygiene in History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ALFBiMHV8 The Disgusting Truth about Laundry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX9H4_xbvhc @KazRowe The Endless Horror of tiktok's historical misinformation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4NflBAcsJ4&t=441s Chapters: 00:00 - 01:44 - Bonjour Y'all! 01:45 - 10:39 - Part 1: Was Louis XIV "Hygienic" 10:40 - 12:22 -