> practical timekeeping concerns For that matter, we also used the bell towers - each different, village from village - to orient ourselves in travel... Massiv

> 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.