Think medieval castle life was all luxury and nobility? Not quite. While today we fuss over pillow firmness and shower pressure, our ancestors in castles were battling stone-cold walls, hay-poke mattresses, and wake-up calls from screaming roosters or a yelling servant.
In this episode of Surviving the Past, we tear down the fantasy of royal life and walk you through a real medieval morning — from freezing “beds” that could injure you, to lead-lined plumbing experiments that promised either cleanliness or slow poisoning.
⚔️ What you’ll learn in this episode:
Why medieval mattresses were health hazards
How nobles tried (and failed) to stay warm overnight
The role of “human alarm clocks” in castle mornings
What medieval hygiene actually looked like
Why wool blankets were considered family heirlooms (!)
It turns out, surviving in a castle wasn’t much easier than surviving in a peasant’s hut — it just had better walls.
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