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------------------ -Ashleybsktbll21katt Why was the great hall so important? Gordon Because it was the main living area of the castle, where meals and feasts were had. It is also the main business room, where court was held, and the Lord sat when in conference or in judicial hearings. That is , it was both the main living space, and the administrative centre of the barony. http://www.castlewales.com/life.html#Part%20I
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Visit; Gordon's Scottish Castles Resource Page Mustang Gordon's correct. I myself think of the great hall as the heart of the castle.....it's where most of the important events take place. Merlin Correct. Public and private rooms were not so strictly seprated like today, so the livingroom was also office and meeting-place. This pattern goes back to the villas of roman senators and can also be seen in the royal palaces of the early and high middleages. Peter Not forgeting that the very early halls (more so with smaller castles), was also the place where the retainers slept.
So almost the whole of the Lords staff would eat and sleep in the same room.
One wonders what they were like in hot summers, then, cold winters ?Gordon Indeed, many of the smaller castles had a half roof supproted by corbels across the room. This created a kin of loft below the vault, and provided additional storage or sleeping space.
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