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Medieval castle life was not as easy as you would picture it to be. Life was challenging and even the wealthy found living in a castle difficult sometimes. There was no central heating except for the central hearth or fireplace.
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To begin your research look at the Internet site "Life in a Medieval Castle" which will give you a good look at daily life in a Welsh castle. Keep a "Builder's Journal" in which you record all of the important aspects of daily life so you can address these areas in the design of the Baron's castle.
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NOVA: When we think of life inside a medieval castle, what usually comes to mind are lords, ladies, and maybe knights. But it actually was a much more diverse group than this, wasn't it? Holmes: That's true.
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NOVA: This was when daily life in the castle often got gruesome, didn't it? Holmes: It could. But a siege was often avoidable. As a constable, you almost certainly came to some arrangement with your lord as to what to do when a siege began.
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Memoir by MSNBC.com's gossip columnist tells of a life that was no fairy tale. ... In the opening pages of “The Glass Castle,” Walls recalls watching someone else do a little digging — her mother, searching through a garbage dumpster in lower Manhattan. ... Life in 'Glass Castle' only made Walls stronger...
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