The unique feature of this lock is that the lever on the outside of the door is attached or detached by twisting it off or on the door is locked by twisting the lever off and placing it in the owner s pocket or under the door mat.
Medieval doors could you pick the lock from inside.
Doors were generally wooden nailed together and not particularly well fitting.
The latch is moved by levers or knobs on the inside and outside of the door.
Spring latch tumbler lock chamber lock and mortise lock.
The cricket term wicket comes from this term.
The most common lock was simply a door bolt on the inside of the door with a hole and a curtain.
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See also door ring.
Since this held the door closed against the weather rather well and stopped the pig and toddlers escaping so it was very useful.
Doors door locks.
Many medieval swedish churches have examples of exquisitely beautiful doorknockers.
They were hung on iron pintels set into the stonework.
Usually a simple closing tool of bronze cast iron or wrought iron.
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Lockpicking in the modern sense was not as practical as locks were significantly rarer and operated differently from more modern locks.
The hole through the door allowed you to bolt the simple sliding bolt from outside as well.
But obviously not all the time.