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has been said the Crusaders added much to their 

 knowledge of how to live luxuriously. Frequently at 

 home there was leisure to give attention to domestic 

 comfort and to engage in the peaceful contests of 

 chivalry. Then the castle, becoming more than a bare 

 fortress, was treated as a commodious residence for the 

 lord and the little court of retainers living under his 

 protection. Sometimes, as at Tattershall, in one house- 

 hold, there were more than a hundred people. 



To meet the new requirements, the enceinte of the Expansion 



of castle 



castle was increased sufficiently to include within its grounds, 

 walls and moat, besides more spacious living rooms, 

 stables, outhouses, tiltyards, gardens, and orchards. 

 At Framlingham the outer ballium, reached by a tim- 

 ber bridge from the postern, is shown in the thirteenth- 

 century plan to have been laid out as a pleasaunce. 



" The grete tour, that was so thikke and strong, 

 Which of the castel was the chief dongeoun, 

 Was evene joynant to the gardyn wall." 



As within the castle the wealthy lord sought to embel- 

 lish the great hall, which often took the place of the 

 ancient keep, with fine tapestry, richly carved furniture, 

 and elaborately chased armour, so outside it he strove 

 to decorate the gardens with fountains, arbours, and 

 perhaps a maze. Often such a lord 



" Hadde, bihinden his paleys, 

 A fair gardin of nobleys, 



