A smoke canopy is a device hung over a fire to gather the smoke and vent it through a wall or roof. Fireplaces were not used during much of the Middle Ages, because there were no chimneys, which were not invented and popularized until the 12th century.
A smoke canopy is a device hung over a fire to gather the smoke and vent it through a wall or roof. Fireplaces were not used during much of the Middle Ages, because there were no chimneys, which were not invented and popularized until the 12th century.
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