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

[Dragonetti]

When I visited Israel in my youth, at the Church of the Nativity in
Bethlehem, I was told the small doorway there was to prevent large animals
from entering the structure.

HE Armand Dragonetti

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> Stefan li Rous
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:16 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Short or tall? was Sleeping sitting 
> up vs lying down
> 
> 
> 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
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