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> 10,000s of cars a day going by in the background of a modern city This is covered in the article, however for the sake of added color. Modern cities have a l

> 10,000s of cars a day going by in the background of a modern city This is covered in the article, however for the sake of added color. Modern cities have a lot going on but are sprawled by comparison. Medieval cities were very compact for foot travel limitations and defense. Families were big and practically everyone went to church so there were many Churches in a small area. The bells would go off every few hours or more for the Angelus, the start of Mass, the consecration, and the end of Mass multiple times a day. You can still experience this in Malta and maybe parts of South America. The article goes into more detail about industry etc. It was noisy!

Dalewyn 3y ago
>The bells would go off every few hours or more for the Angelus, the start of Mass, the consecration, and the end of Mass multiple times a day. I'm fairly sure those had practical timekeeping concerns aside from their religious values. Nobody had clocks back then, so someone had to keep track of the time and announce it far and wide.
- mdp2021 3y ago
  > practical timekeeping concerns For that matter, we also used the bell towers - each different, village from village - to orient ourselves in travel... Massive signposts on the horizon. Of course if you have to do something, do it with reason and wits. Likewise in term of practicality, the bells could act like the "clock" on a motherboard: regulating collective activity.
Astraphigas 3y ago
This is absurd. I live rurally, rn. A single car, a half mile away is loud enough that I can hear it while a rooster crows. That same car is close to as loud as a gunshot from same distance--likely bc it's continuous. I can easily hear a train thunder from 5 miles away. If simply hearing a sound is an indication of noise then yes, but not hearing it because it's drowned out by other noise doesn't equal quiet.

Dalewyn 3y ago

>The bells would go off every few hours or more for the Angelus, the start of Mass, the consecration, and the end of Mass multiple times a day. I'm fairly sure those had practical timekeeping concerns aside from their religious values. Nobody had clocks back then, so someone had to keep track of the time and announce it far and wide.

mdp2021 3y ago
> practical timekeeping concerns For that matter, we also used the bell towers - each different, village from village - to orient ourselves in travel... Massive signposts on the horizon. Of course if you have to do something, do it with reason and wits. Likewise in term of practicality, the bells could act like the "clock" on a motherboard: regulating collective activity.

Astraphigas 3y ago

This is absurd. I live rurally, rn. A single car, a half mile away is loud enough that I can hear it while a rooster crows. That same car is close to as loud as a gunshot from same distance--likely bc it's continuous. I can easily hear a train thunder from 5 miles away. If simply hearing a sound is an indication of noise then yes, but not hearing it because it's drowned out by other noise doesn't equal quiet.