How did medieval people tell the time?
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The Importance of Time in the Middle Ages
In the medieval period, how do people understand the human life cycle? Medieval people paid attention to the aging process and often created parallels between the human life and the ages of the world. In the 13th century, temperance became one of the most important cardinal virtues. And temperance was often personified as a lady with a clock on her head.
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