Castles During The Middle Ages
During the middle ages, castles were great strongholds for its inhabitants and the town in which it dwelt. These fantastic structures were where culture and entertainment thrived, and members of the aristocracy lived. They were symbols of great wealth and power during the middle ages, and without them, the glory of the middle ages would not have been the same.
Castles were great strongholds that were built solely to protect the inhabitants from attacking armies. They were normally situated on top of a hill so they had a view of the surrounding area and could spot attackers far away. It also made the attackers tired by the time they reached the walls of the castle. The castles where also homes to kings, queens, lords and all there servants …show more content…
In the kitchen, there was the head cook and a few cooks under him. In addition to all the people, we have noble workers who come from lesser noble families. Their jobs mainly consist of stewards, treasures, gardeners, grooms, horse-men, and marshals. These workers receive reasonable pay and live in relative luxury, because of this, most stayed to live in the castle their whole life while serving their lord. The great hall was the most important part of the castles as it held all the feasts and large events. Seating in the Great Hall depended on a person’s social status. The higher nobility sat on a raised dais at the head of the table. Those of a lower status sat near the entrance or on wooden benches at the back of the hall. Castles were incredibly smelly, cold and did not offer a lot of privacy. Castles were very dark and rat infested and they had few windows. The only source of light was that from candles. Until the invention of the fireplace, castles only had open fires which effective at heating the room but good at filling it with smoke! When the fireplace came into use, rooms became more comfatable. There was almost no sense of sanitation and personal hygiene. Many did not make the link between sewage and disease until the 18th century. Toilets were simple affairs. The contents would fall, sometimes from a great hight and into the moat or into cess-pools, which are underground chambers where sewage and waste were
Castles were great strongholds that were built solely to protect the inhabitants from attacking armies. They were normally situated on top of a hill so they had a view of the surrounding area and could spot attackers far away. It also made the attackers tired by the time they reached the walls of the castle. The castles where also homes to kings, queens, lords and all there servants …show more content…
In the kitchen, there was the head cook and a few cooks under him. In addition to all the people, we have noble workers who come from lesser noble families. Their jobs mainly consist of stewards, treasures, gardeners, grooms, horse-men, and marshals. These workers receive reasonable pay and live in relative luxury, because of this, most stayed to live in the castle their whole life while serving their lord. The great hall was the most important part of the castles as it held all the feasts and large events. Seating in the Great Hall depended on a person’s social status. The higher nobility sat on a raised dais at the head of the table. Those of a lower status sat near the entrance or on wooden benches at the back of the hall. Castles were incredibly smelly, cold and did not offer a lot of privacy. Castles were very dark and rat infested and they had few windows. The only source of light was that from candles. Until the invention of the fireplace, castles only had open fires which effective at heating the room but good at filling it with smoke! When the fireplace came into use, rooms became more comfatable. There was almost no sense of sanitation and personal hygiene. Many did not make the link between sewage and disease until the 18th century. Toilets were simple affairs. The contents would fall, sometimes from a great hight and into the moat or into cess-pools, which are underground chambers where sewage and waste were