The personal servants in the Middle Ages were treated like the family
dog… and that’s not a bad thing. They got to sleep in the same isolated
quarters as the castle owners, which, while the rest of the castle may
have been cold and dreary, was heated by a personal fireplace and
definitely the warmest place in the castle. While they did sleep on the
floor, they were given warm blankets. Elsewhere in the castle,
residents of lower social standing slept in the towers and relied upon
body heat and light bed dressings for warmth. They only wish they could
be the lapdog of the nobility.
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