What was home life usually like in a Medieval castle?

          Life for children that lived in castles was very different. For example, the children often got married very young! Sometimes girls would marry as young as twelve years old and boys would marry as young as seventeen years old! That isn’t usually how it works these days!

         Early castles were not considered comfortable until the 1200s' this is when the castles began to get new technology. Castles began to have heat and other well-furnished items. For entertainment children would listen to music either sung or played by an instrument. They would also make pottery, play chess, and embroider things. As you can see, this is a little different than what we do for entertainment today! With the new technology we have, our entertainment often consist things like T.V., video games, texting, etc.
          Speaking of technology, before the 1200s' most castles didn't even have running water! Gross! Anybody agree?! The castles were often dirty and some even had rats! Even worse! Hopefully you got a glimpse of what life was like in a Medieval castle! It's obviously a lot different than what we're used to!