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oelma Were the servants allowed to live in the castle and what rooms were different people allowed in? this is for my school project on how did people live in castles and how did it develope
age 12
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mimi
Merlin I don't think that I can give you an answer that is correct for all types of castles. Many small castles during the middle ages were nothing more than a farmhouse combined with a tower and a surrounding wall. The inhabitants (the nobleman, his family and a handfull of servants) lived very near together, and a strict seperation was almost impossible (especially in winter, very often there was only one room to be heated). But in larger castles, there were separated houses for the servants, sometimes even outside the castle's surrounding walls. But there was no general rule about this.
The lord of a castle always had a room to recieve his guests – like the courtyard, this room belonged to the public area of the castle. In royal castles or palaces and in the castles of the higher nobility this was the 'aula', which is the latin word for a hall with a function for public business. Guests, servants and sometimes even ordinary people from outside the castle were allowed to visit the aula. Then there was the more private area of the castle, with the rooms were the noble family slept. But even here one has to see that in small castles public and private area could be very near together (even in the same room, if there only was one)...
Hope this helps,
Merlin
Mistress of All Evil Serfs were people that had to work on fields and such for the king. They did not get to live in the castles, they lived out on manors. But as for cooks ect. Merlin is right it really just depends. Castle's (in those days) were not a fun place to live in. They were cold and drafty and ment only to keep off enemies.
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oelma	Were the servants allowed to live in the castle and what rooms were different people allowed in? this is for my school project on how did people live in castles and how did it develope age 12 ------------------ mimi
Merlin	I don't think that I can give you an answer that is correct for all types of castles. Many small castles during the middle ages were nothing more than a farmhouse combined with a tower and a surrounding wall. The inhabitants (the nobleman, his family and a handfull of servants) lived very near together, and a strict seperation was almost impossible (especially in winter, very often there was only one room to be heated). But in larger castles, there were separated houses for the servants, sometimes even outside the castle's surrounding walls. But there was no general rule about this. The lord of a castle always had a room to recieve his guests – like the courtyard, this room belonged to the public area of the castle. In royal castles or palaces and in the castles of the higher nobility this was the 'aula', which is the latin word for a hall with a function for public business. Guests, servants and sometimes even ordinary people from outside the castle were allowed to visit the aula. Then there was the more private area of the castle, with the rooms were the noble family slept. But even here one has to see that in small castles public and private area could be very near together (even in the same room, if there only was one)... Hope this helps, Merlin
Mistress of All Evil	Serfs were people that had to work on fields and such for the king. They did not get to live in the castles, they lived out on manors. But as for cooks ect. Merlin is right it really just depends. Castle's (in those days) were not a fun place to live in. They were cold and drafty and ment only to keep off enemies. ------------------ ~~~~MISTRESS~~~~ ~~~~~OF~~~~~ ~~~ALL~~~ ~EVIL~