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Bathing was not uncommon in Spain. Most large European towns had sewers. Sources: Bodily and Spiritual Hygiene in Early Modern Literature, A. Classen https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110523799-017 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Bodily_and_Spiritual_Hygiene_in_Medieval/cBt9DgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22We+can+often+only+shake+our+heads+considering+the+extent%22&pg=PA458&printsec=frontcover Daily Life in the Middle Ages, P. Newman https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Daily_Life_in_the_Middle_Ages/1-mss7-OStgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=medieval+sewers&pg=PA147&printsec=frontcover Steam and "Sanitas" in the Domestic Realm, J. Caskey https://www.jstor.org/stable/991483 See also: https://www.medievalists.net/2023/11/people-middle-ages-baths/medieval-bathing/
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