Sheena Thiebaud
Prof. Janet Shepherd
Averett University
May 1, 2015
Early Middle Ages (c. 500 CE to 1000 CE)
High Middle Ages (c. 1001 CE to 1300 CE)
Late Middle Ages (c. 1301 CE to 1500 CE)
Inventions of The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is attributed to great human innovations and inspiration whereby most of the modern innovations originated during this historical period. Ranging from the time of the William the Conqueror invasion in 1066 to the commencement of the Tudor dynasty around 14th century which experienced a lot of wars that in turn led to the development in science and technology, medicine, weaponry among other inventions (Gies & Gies, 1995). Although The Middle Ages experienced constant warfare, it resulted to some changes in the approach in which wars were conducted and the tools used during the wars by the troops. There was outbreak of pestilence and plagues facilitated the invention of medicine.
It was due to this turbulent that led to generation of ideas and implementation which later paved way to great innovations and inventions. Types of inventions which occurred during the Middle Ages included weaponry and warfare inventions, …show more content…
One of these inventions was printing press which enabled the accessibility of written materials to everyone due to the dramatic increase in production. Also there was the eyeglass invention which is accounted to the techniques that are used in modern world in making spectacles. Another invention during The Middle Ages is the weighing scales which were used in trade and cooking. To what many consider as the most greatest contribution of The Middle Ages is the invention of the first parachute by Leonardo Da Vinci who was a talented genius the period (Krebs, 2004). He introduced the concept of flight and the physics behind flying objects which inspires most people to this