Hi, hope someone can help with this:
I'm writing secondary world fantasy so this doesn't need to be perfect with historical accuracy, but the setting is roughly early Tudor so I want something that's at least plausible with the available technology and techniques of the time. Basically my characters need to get rid of some dead bodies quickly, and are near a slaughterhouse in a medium-sized city. The line I've written is as follows:
"Moving bodies was harsh work, but there was a slaughterhouse at the bottom of the narrow and slaughterhouses had rendering pits out the back. That was half the reason the place smelled so bad, and a body stripped and shovelled into the lime would be gone come morning."
Is that reasonable, does anyone know? Wiki's page on rendering techniques doesn't have much to say pre-19th century but I'm sure it's been a thing for a lot longer than that.
Any advice greatly appreciated as always.
I'm writing secondary world fantasy so this doesn't need to be perfect with historical accuracy, but the setting is roughly early Tudor so I want something that's at least plausible with the available technology and techniques of the time. Basically my characters need to get rid of some dead bodies quickly, and are near a slaughterhouse in a medium-sized city. The line I've written is as follows:
"Moving bodies was harsh work, but there was a slaughterhouse at the bottom of the narrow and slaughterhouses had rendering pits out the back. That was half the reason the place smelled so bad, and a body stripped and shovelled into the lime would be gone come morning."
Is that reasonable, does anyone know? Wiki's page on rendering techniques doesn't have much to say pre-19th century but I'm sure it's been a thing for a lot longer than that.
Any advice greatly appreciated as always.