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Physiology & Medicine / Is there a limit to how tall a person can be?
« on: 13/04/2009 04:24:14 »George - if you go to any of England's stately homes and look at the furniture, it is considerably smaller. Hampton Court Palace is a prime example. Henry VIII's bed is tiny and the chairs are of the same scale.
Have you tried lifting a medieval sword?
It's a misnomer that people were generally smaller... Henry VIII had a 54" waist, as measured from his armour and clothing, and when his skeleton was measured recently, his height was found to be 6'2".
Remember that when you're in stately home, the furniture looks smaller because the rooms are bigger
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/sixwives/portrait/looks.html
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/portraits/explore1_moreinfo.html
MMT