Science And Technology During The Middle Ages

Term Paper Title	Science And Technology During The Middle Ages
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Science and Technology during the Middle Ages

The main purpose of this research paper is to de-scribe the transition of religion and superstition to science and technology during the Middle Ages.
According to philosophy, the Middle Ages were di-vided into two distinct eras: The Age of Superstition and The Age of Enlightenment. These two periods were not separated by a definite date and time, but rather many years of gradual realization and awareness. This kind of perception is what creates history.
For hundreds of years, people who lived during the early Middle Ages had been using religion as a gateway to explain their most simplistic questions. During that period, the Church was gaining control over Western Europe. The Church was not only the main religious fo-cus of Western Europe; it was also the central govern-ment. “The Romans never took much interest in theoreti-cal science.” This means that all laws created by the church would be enforced to full extent. Disobeying the rules could result in excommunication, which is the banishment from church membership and from participat-ing in any church rituals. Those who were members of the Church believed strongly in the powers of God and the Holy Ghost. It was thought that God controlled the entire universe, from life to death, from the Creation to Doomsday.
At this point in time, the earth was the center of the universe, with all of planets and stars surrounding it. This belief, originated from the Church, was called the heliocentric theory. However, as in every civiliza-tion, there were small groups of people who refused to believe what the Church was telling them. The Church was not necessarily telling them lies; they were simply dominating religion over common reason and intellectu-ality.
Clearly, an age that takes its name from an intel-lectual atmosphere cannot be fixed within rigid chrono-logical limits. “In one sense The Enlightenment began as far back as the Renaissance, with men’s renewed in-terest in Greek and Latin texts, their critical ap-proach to medieval Christian philosophy and their gen-eral sense of curiosity about this world as opposed to the next.” Even the Protestant Reform...

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