One full family, three-ish generations, plus animals.
Assume 2 parents, 2 (living) grandparents, and 3 (living) children, that would put it at 7 people. You might include 1 or 2 no good layabout distant relations relatives, guests, or the occasional lucky great-grandparent, considering the tightly-knit nature of social circles at the time and the general unpredictability of life, to bring it to 9.
So hardly private, but not necessarily crowded either, even with some livestock taking up room. This would be a good-sized home for the period and class depicted. Neither wealthy (by the standards of the peasantry) nor poor (by the standards of the peasantry) - especially with the loft (depicted) and assuming a root cellar.
Plus, generally you would be out working during the day and at sleep during the night. You didn’t have to spend long winter nights fighting over the tv remote with the in-laws.
I wonder how many people would be regularly living in there, full time.
One full family, three-ish generations, plus animals.
Assume 2 parents, 2 (living) grandparents, and 3 (living) children, that would put it at 7 people. You might include 1 or 2
no good layabout distant relationsrelatives, guests, or the occasional lucky great-grandparent, considering the tightly-knit nature of social circles at the time and the general unpredictability of life, to bring it to 9.So hardly private, but not necessarily crowded either, even with some livestock taking up room. This would be a good-sized home for the period and class depicted. Neither wealthy (by the standards of the peasantry) nor poor (by the standards of the peasantry) - especially with the loft (depicted) and assuming a root cellar.
Plus, generally you would be out working during the day and at sleep during the night. You didn’t have to spend long winter nights fighting over the tv remote with the in-laws.