A appointment with the vicar, a appointed meeting of the lords or the king!.!.!.!.
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You can't keep looking at the garden sundial clockWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Even though clocks had been invented by medieval times, people generally went by the church bells which rang out the seven hours of the day!. "I'll meet you in the garden at Vespers," could be one assignation to be kept in the early evening!. I'm copying and pasting here: "Church hours!. People told time within the day by several means: work-related time (in the time it takes me to mow half a field) the passage of the sun (rarely) the use of such instruments as water clocks or sun dials or hour candles Church hours !.!.!. A local church or monastery rang out the seven hours of the day The day began with Matins, usually an hour or two before dawn!. The second of the hours was Prime - daybreak!. The third hour was Terce, set at about 9 a!.m!. The fourth hour was Sext (originally midday)!. The fifth hour was Nones, set at about 3 in the afternoon, but, between the during the 1200s moved to 12 midday (noon) for unknown reasons (because the monks resented waiting so long for their meal and a break from work!?)!. The sixth hour was Vespers, normally early evening!. The seventh hour was Compline!. Bedtime!." http://www!.gardenhistoryinfo!.com/medieva!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Probably an unanswerable question, but an enjoyable one about which to speculate!. I cannot think how, apart from references in literature, one would find evidence to answer this question!. It is amazing how long ago time pieces were made!. Water clocks date from around the year 1000, if not before!. They told time auditorily!. Water can be made to fall at a constant rate!. Of course, not everyone had access to the measurements of such devices or could hear them!. I imaghie that water clocks sounded hours rather than showing them visually!. I can't prove this, however!. Position of the sun in the heavens and the sinking of the sun below the horizon was important to ancient peoples!. Afternoon and morning and noon, when the sun was at it highest point were certainly noted!. "Meet me when the shadow of the elm touches the rock in the shape of a frog!?" The word "clock" is related to the French word for bell, "cloche!." That also suggests to me that early clocks probably used sound signals!. Is a sound device is a clock ion the sense of your question!? If so, then one has to ask whether, before the invention of those sound signals, sundials were available!. I don't know!. Stonehenge and other ancient sculpture as well as stone and dug configurations suggest that people were aware of the varying points of the sun's rising and times such as the solstice!. This is a rambling set of thoughts, worthy of 2 points, but not of 10!. It's the most interesting question I've seen in a while!.Www@QuestionHome@Com They told time by the sun!. These skills are sometimes taught in Scouting and Guiding today!. Of course it would not be very good in certain parts of England! Why!? No sun!! Monastic services took place at different times according to whether it was Winter or Summer!. Though church bells could indicate the time some one would need to know the time first before they were rung!. After the arrival of clocks including on railway stations there was a period when the correct time was different according to which clock you used!! This was interestingly relevant in some murder cases!.Www@QuestionHome@Com They had reference points based on the position of the sun!. Sun dials were eventually common enough that people knew when you said midday, they could use a compass to indicate north then look south to see if the sun aligned with it!. And for those people who had power over you, you showed up so early anyway it wasn't a problem!. remember, the people asking them to show up at a particular time didn't have clocks either so they had to use a common reference!. Perhaps the town crier was on a schedule based on a timing device such as an hour glass!.Www@QuestionHome@Com At sundown or at dawn was a common date of important appointment!. Anywhere else in between was for cooking, sleeping or getting drunk!. Like Jamie Oliver!.Www@QuestionHome@Com You can tell by the sun!. You can tell by the position that it is in!. I do it till this day!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The 1st clocks were sundials invented by the Romans!.Www@QuestionHome@Com an Abacus :) sorry I have been informed it was the sun and the starsWww@QuestionHome@Com They asked someone the timeWww@QuestionHome@Com sunset and sunrise that s it!.!.!.:PWww@QuestionHome@Com |