[Ansteorra] Short or tall? was Sleeping sitting up vs lying down

[Alexandria Doyle]

Could also be what they were use to building, or what lumber/materials
they had to hand.
alex

On 7/17/07, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> On Jul 17, 2007, at 4:53 PM, Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace wrote:
>
> > Salut cozyns,
> >
> > The doorways were made short so that you had to stoop to enter. It's a
> > defensive design element. Invaders would find it hard to rush to
> > the attack
> > while bending over to get through the door.
>
> This was one of my thoughts on this, and it makes sense for castles.
> But would a cloisters be built with such defensive design elements?
>
> Stefan
> --------
> THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra


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