by Gemma Reguera — Af­ter watch­ing Hol­ly­wood movies of me­dieval knights with neat hair­cuts and bright smiles, it may shock you to be re­minded that our dear me­dieval cousins looked any­thing but clean. The truth is that hy­giene was not a top pri­or­ity in the Mid­dle Ages and germs were in heaven. This was a time in which cities lacked sewage sys­tems and fe­ces, urine, and garbage were dumped onto the streets or into the cas­tle moat. Not sur­pris­ingly, out­breaks...