“The reasons for the construction of so many towers are not clear. One hypothesis is that the richest families used them for offensive/defensive purposes during the period of the investiture Controversy”
That was actually one of the reasons I learned. The rich families wanted to show how rich they were so they built towers. Then other rich families built their own, preferably bigger, to show that they had a bigger penis more money.
Are there any facts to back that up? I don’t know. I heard it ~25 years ago and I don’t remember the source. Though, I was in Bologna around that time so possibly from a tour or possibly from some drunk guy at a party.
I don’t need a source to believe it. Humans are humans, and rich fucks always want to one up each other. Be it via who has the biggest rocket, mansion, boat, or, in the 12th century, tower.
Those are words I’ve never seen, thanks. I guess I can see that, imagine some smelly poor showing up on a nag in a burlap caparison then some medieval influencer on a Percheron with a purple silk caparison pulls up alongside? All the fair maidens faint right there!
“The reasons for the construction of so many towers are not clear. One hypothesis is that the richest families used them for offensive/defensive purposes during the period of the investiture Controversy”
My guess is it was about who has the longest one.
That was actually one of the reasons I learned. The rich families wanted to show how rich they were so they built towers. Then other rich families built their own, preferably bigger, to show that they had
a bigger penismore money.Are there any facts to back that up? I don’t know. I heard it ~25 years ago and I don’t remember the source. Though, I was in Bologna around that time so possibly from a tour or possibly from some drunk guy at a party.
I don’t need a source to believe it. Humans are humans, and rich fucks always want to one up each other. Be it via who has the biggest rocket, mansion, boat, or, in the 12th century, tower.
Or horse. I wonder what the 12th century equivalent of a modified tailpipe was?
Chanfrons and caparisons.
Those are words I’ve never seen, thanks. I guess I can see that, imagine some smelly poor showing up on a nag in a burlap caparison then some medieval influencer on a Percheron with a purple silk caparison pulls up alongside? All the fair maidens faint right there!
It’s not about height, it’s about girth. You need a properly wide base and taper in order to
pleasehouse so many soldiers.Another hypothesis is that the city was taken over by wizards.
Hey, just because they use magic doesn’t mean they’re wizards. The biggest investiture tower, Urithiru, is actually associated with paladins
I choose to believe this one.
Nah, they just used them to show off. My tower is bigger than yours.
Yeah, somebody of influence built one, and the rest of the city that could afford to just followed.
The TikTok Stanley Cup craze of the 1100s.
Keeping up with the Giovannis.