Reporter: Darlyn Joy Sueño

 The period from 450 A.D. is commonly called the

Middle Ages.
 Period of darkness and stagnation between the
heights of Antiquity and Renaissance
 It was the lapse of time that lasted since the fall of
the Roman Empire till Renaissance.
 Dominated by the power of the Roman Catholic
Church
 Teaching and learning moved to monastic and
cathedral school, with the center of education
being the study of the Bible.
 The church would charge the people with heresy
if they ever try to use science to disprove the
teachings of the church.
 Books were written in ancient Greek.
Charlemagne
(Charles the Great)
 He was a medieval emperor who ruled much of
Western Europe
 During the 9th Century, Western Europeans tried
to systematize education. this period was known
as the Carolingian Renaissance – a program of
cultural revitalization and educational reform.
 He ordered the translation of many latin texts and
promoted astronomy, a field that he loved to
study.
 The birth of medieval universities
 They started a new infrastructure which was
needed communities
 Translated ancient learning in Greek and Arabic
texts into Latin
Contributions
of Great
Thinkers in
Middle Ages
Robert Grosseteste
 He is an English bishop and scholar who
introduced into the world of European
Christendom Latin translations of Greek and
Arabic philosophical and scientific writings.
 His idea of scientific method involved
experimentation and prediction.
 He firmly believed that observations should be
used to propose a universal law, and this universal
law should be used to predict outcomes.
Roger Bacon
 English Franciscan philosopher and educational
reformer who was a major medieval proponent
experimental science. Bacon studied mathematics,
astronomy, optics, alchemy, and languages.
 He was the first European to describe in detail the
process of making gunpowder, and he proposed
flying machines and motorized ships and carriages.
Roger Bacon
 He also contributed in Scientific method. He
described the method of observation, prediction
(hypothesis), and experimentation, also adding
results should be independently verified,
documenting his results in fine detail so that
others might repeat the experiment.
 He made a major contribution in medieval Europe
by writing to the Pope to encourage the study of
natural science in university courses.
William Ockham (14th Century)
 Franciscan philosopher, theologian, and political
writer, a late scholastic thinker regarded as the
founder of a form of nominalism—the school of
thought that denies that universal concepts such as
“father” have any reality apart from the individual
things signified by the universal or general term.
 Ockham’s razor – suppose there exist two
explanations for an occurrence. In this case the
simpler one is usually better.
 Jean Buridan

 Aristotelian philosopher, logician, and scientific

theorist in optics and mechanics.
 Developed the idea of impetus, a concept that
predated Newtonian physics and inertia.
 Thomas Bradwardine

 Archbishop of Canterbury, theologian, and

mathematician.
 Investigated physics, and his sophisticated study of
kinematics and velocity predated Galileo’s work on
falling objects.
 GREAT
INVENTIONS
DURING
MIDDLE AGES
ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

Artesian Well Blast Furnance

 CLOCKS

Hourglass Mechanical Clock

OTHER COOL MEDIEVAL INVENTIONS

Spectacles Spinning Wheel

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