Would you live in a castle?
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Would you live in a castle?
Hi
I dont know if this question has been asked before but if you had the opportunity to live in a castle( any castle), would you choose to live in it?
I dont know if this question has been asked before but if you had the opportunity to live in a castle( any castle), would you choose to live in it?
Recently I watched a documentary on castles on the history channel I think. The learn-ed gentleman who was hosting the show (who seemed terribly well informed) stated that medieval castles were actually quite comfortable. He went on to illustrate that many people have this image of a castle as a cold, maybe damp, uncomfortable stone place.
He said that in fact there were plaster walls on the inside, and tapestries to help keep in the warmth. Thick carpets. Soft padded chairs. Of course you may have a drafty garderobe, but still you can't have everything...
Anyway - to answer.
Yes I would - now or then it wouldnt matter. I would in a heartbeat.
LF
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He said that in fact there were plaster walls on the inside, and tapestries to help keep in the warmth. Thick carpets. Soft padded chairs. Of course you may have a drafty garderobe, but still you can't have everything...
Anyway - to answer.
Yes I would - now or then it wouldnt matter. I would in a heartbeat.
LF
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My answer? Yes, of course, or I'd at least try it for a while.
And do any of you think that castles would have been built
to purposely be uncomfortable? Of course not! With the
climate and lack of technology(central air), they would have
done anything and everything possible to make it as
comfortable as they could. Besides, they could afford it.
This is like the perceived view on armour. To think that
armour would have been made to be sooo heavy that a
knight needed help getting on his horse. Not likely.
These were people who had to fight for thier lives wearing
these "tin cans", so why make them cumbersome?
It's like believing that medievel life was made harsh by
the people themselves. Of course you wouldn't want
to be the local gong farmer, but someone has to do it.
And do any of you think that castles would have been built
to purposely be uncomfortable? Of course not! With the
climate and lack of technology(central air), they would have
done anything and everything possible to make it as
comfortable as they could. Besides, they could afford it.
This is like the perceived view on armour. To think that
armour would have been made to be sooo heavy that a
knight needed help getting on his horse. Not likely.
These were people who had to fight for thier lives wearing
these "tin cans", so why make them cumbersome?
It's like believing that medievel life was made harsh by
the people themselves. Of course you wouldn't want
to be the local gong farmer, but someone has to do it.
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Well...you do have a point there. At least with the Lego
and the computer.
I would imagine that there would be PLENTY to keep you
busy if you were in the castle.
and the computer.
I would imagine that there would be PLENTY to keep you
busy if you were in the castle.
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If I had enough peasants to do all the dirty work, sure!
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