How did baths work in the renaissance era?
Yes, royalty had bathrooms in their palaces. henry VIII had a sumptuous fitted bathroom, containing a large sunken stone bath and a twelve-foot high wood stove of a classical design. Queen Elizabeth I also had bathrooms in her palaces. Pope clement VII had apartments containing possibly the most ornate bathroom ever built. Frescoes covered the walls, which in the old roman style contained hot-air flues to make his stuffeta (little stew) something like a Roman caldarium or laconicum. The bath itself was made of marble, and hot and cold water were available therein. it was not unusual, however, for people of other classes to bathe. Medieval art is full of representations of people bathing, and in the later medieval period steam baths became very popular. The public steam baths in London were very popular with people of all classes. There were also public baths at places that had natural hot water, like Bath in England, andBaden, near Zurich in Switzerland. visiting Baden in 1414, the Ita
