Book 2, Chapter 6, The End of the Ninth Century – Internal Fittings of Houses
When necessary, the fire seems to have been made on the floor, in the place most convenient. There are instances in the early saints’ legends where the hall was burnt by incautiously lighting the fire too near the wall. Hence it seems to have been usually placed in the middle, and there can be little doubt that there was an opening, or, as it was called in later times, a louver, in the roof above, for the escape of the smoke. The furniture of the hall appears to have been very simple, for it consisted chiefly of benches. These had carpets and cushions, the former are often mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon wills.
Chapter 6, Ancient Towns and Highways
Domestic life of the Anglo-Saxons
Chapter 6, Internal Fittings of Houses
Fires
Chapter 6, Anglo-Saxon Furniture
Chapter 6, Anglo Saxon Hunting and Travelling
Chapter 6, Anglo-Saxon Language
Local and District Courts of Justice
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