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John of Wallingford said that Vikings were very hygienic by the standards of the time. Ahmad ibn Fadlan, on the other hand, was disgusted by the hygiene of the Vikings he observed. How do we resolve these two contradictory accounts?

by /u/brokensilence32 in /r/AskHistorians

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