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The hall was the most important secular building within the bailey and the centre of normal domestic life at least for the garrison . In plan the great hall changed very little throughout the Middle Ages , whether it stood within the ...
The hall was the most important secular building within the bailey and the centre of normal domestic life at least for the garrison . In plan the great hall changed very little throughout the Middle Ages , whether it stood within the ...
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In the castle the great hall was the place for food and drink and feasting , and for all forms of social or administrative activity . Moreover , in the sparse domestic arrangements of early castles it must have afforded almost the only ...
In the castle the great hall was the place for food and drink and feasting , and for all forms of social or administrative activity . Moreover , in the sparse domestic arrangements of early castles it must have afforded almost the only ...
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The principal upper floor formed the hall for the lord and his family . Where there was more than one upper floor , the first was probably given over to the garrison , or to administrative business in peace , while the second was the ...
The principal upper floor formed the hall for the lord and his family . Where there was more than one upper floor , the first was probably given over to the garrison , or to administrative business in peace , while the second was the ...
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