A Stopped Clock Convinced These Monks to Abandon Time
Medieval Europe

A Stopped Clock Convinced These Monks to Abandon Time

When a monastery's mechanical clock seized in 1348, the monks decided God was telling them something about the nature of time itself.

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Medieval Europe14th CenturyBlack DeathMonasticismTimeBenedictinesLombardyTheologyPhilosophyPlague

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