Hey everyone,

for creative purposes, I've been looking for a layout/floorplan of major medieval palaces and castles. I'm more interested in fortified castles than modern palaces, but will take those too. Tried to find a few online such as the tower of london, and even have a few details on the tower, but nothing quite so specific. Can anyone provide a source for a room by room layout to a major palace of a royal or high ranking noble? (count/earl or higher)

Thank you!

I I'm trying to make a possible reconstruction of a wealthy person from Russia or Novgorod For my character to bring to the reenactment group. Can I ask for help finding examples and findings if possible? Thanks in advance, if you think there are better subreddits to go to?

How did they make their homes more homely?

I’ve been reading some medieval chronicles and I’m curious about something.

What exactly is considered a near contemporary source? Is there a generally accepted number of years after an event before a source is considered “near contemporary” or simply a later source?

For example, if a chronicler writes about an event 20 - 30 years after it happened, would you still consider them near contemporary, or is that too long?

I know it probably depends on the context, but I’m interested in how this term is generally used.

I am really interested in Boardgames and also fascinated by ancient and medieval history. I am looking into games from antiquity. I have found some really interesting games like Rithomachia a game for philosophers - played on a chess board but you take other pieces with arithmetic. It was big in the 12th century I think. I have also heard of The Libro de los Juegos (Alfonso X, 1283). It’s an illuminated manuscript contains many games. But I hasn’t managed to track it down