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During Medieval times, candle making was an important art. Since electricity had not yet been invented, the only interior light available came from torches, oil lamps, and candles. Cavernous castle rooms were sometimes lit by chandeliers fitted with candles.

Recent times have seen a renewed interest in the Middle Ages and Medieval times. It seems there is a great fascination these days with everything related to knights and their ladies and the renaissance
Candle Making During Medieval Times.

Medieval candle making meant dealing with beeswax. Candles made during medieval times were made of beeswax secreted by bees as they built their honeycombs. Previously, candles had been made with animal fat, or tallow. The major disadvantage of using tallow was that it generated a lot of smoke as it burned. You could tell the minute you walked into a room whether the room was lit with tallow candles, because tallow-lit rooms were smoky rooms.

With beeswax candles, rooms could be brightly lit without being filled with smoke. Beeswax candles were a major advancement in interior lighting, and we owe today's beeswax candles to the medieval candle making craftsmen of the Middle Ages.