Why were castle windows thinner?

Answer 1

The things you call "windows" are actually arrow slits. They are just wide enough to fire a arrow through, but if you went inside the area where the windows are located in the wall you would find a recess for a man to use to aim, spot, and fire an arrow. The slits look fairly narrow from the outside, but they have a full view of the land below from all angles. This is very good for the defense of the castle.

Answer 2

So princesses could let their hair out for a prince to grab.

It was likely just easier at the time to construct a thinner window, and acted as a defence. Archers fire from and into them.

Answer 3

To provide light for the interior while remaining adequate for protection against projectiles. The narrower the window, the more difficult for projectiles launched by enemies to enter. Imagine throwing a rock: Which is easier, throwing it through a large, wide picture window, or a tiny narrow slit?

Answer 4

They have narrow windows so that there were less places to be shot into the castle.

Answer 5

they were made narrow so there wasnt much of a chance of being shot with an an arrow by the enemy but they were still able to shoot at them

Answer 6

The small narrow windows are for archers to shoot arrows from. If you go inside you would find a cove type space where a archer could sit.

Answer 7

Arrow-loops