The nature and function of water, baths, bathing, and hygiene from antiquity through the Renaissance / Ed. by Cynthia Kosso and Anne Scott. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - viii, 538 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Technology and change in history, v. 11 1385-920X ; . - Technology and change in history ; v. 11 .

Includes bibliogr. references and index.

9789004173576 (hbk. : alk. paper)


Water and civilization.
Water--Social aspects--History.--Europe
Water use--Social aspects--History.--Europe
Baths--History.--Europe
Bathing customs--History.--Europe
Hygiene--History.--Europe


Europe--Social life and customs.
Europe--Civilization.
Europe--Intellectual life.