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Old 6th August 2007, 01:31 AM   #2 (permalink)
dwndrgn
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Re: How to measure time in a medieval world?

Bells comes from the old practice of measuring the hours by the church bells. Other than that, I don't believe any reliable clocks were in use, definitely not for the common people. Sunup and sundown was just about it.
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