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I am always surprised how far pop "science" articles are willing to stretch the medieval period. 19th century, really?

The medieval period normally ends at around 1500. There is like one 13th century source in the article, the rest hat NOTHING to do with the medieval period at all.

Not to mention these beds seem to have been mostly popular in Britain and maybe some parts of continental Europe and are absolutely not typical for how medieval people slept in most of Europe.

Also the whole lacking space and multiple people sleeping together in one bed for lack of it thing: yes Victorian era maybe, in the Middle Ages with low population density, surely not typical.

This is absolutely bogus science and BBC should be ashamed writing such crap.