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Medieval -Middle Ages, The Indian The Medieval As the time goes by
Period the period in European Geoffrey Chaucer contribution in the Europe unit has our knowledge in
history from the collapse • He is best known field of been an numbers and
of Roman civilization in for The Science/Engineering enlightening calculations
the 5th century C.E to Canterbury
(Eng.) experience in enhances. With the
the period of the Tales.[1] He has
Renaissance (variously
relation to the rise of engineering as
been called the
interpreted as beginning "father of English change in my a profession during
in the 13th, 14th, or 15th literature", or, perception towards that period, the term
century, depending on the alternatively, the the medieval era. At more narrowly
region of Europe and "father of English the beginning of the applied to fields in
other factors). poetry". unit, I feel that I had which mathematics
a very basic view of and sciences were
People use the phrase St. Thomas Aquinas the Middle Ages, applied up to these
“Middle Ages” to • Italian Dominican that it was an era of days. The term
describe Europe theologian, the plateauing engineering itself had
between the fall of foremost
Rome in 476 CE and
intelligence in the much more recent
medieval
the beginning of the Scholastic. He
lead up to the etymology, deriving
Renaissance in the developed his Medieval Period is from the word
14th century. Many own conclusions not connected to engineer which
scholars call the era from Aristotelian my Course literary means the
the “medieval period” premises, because It tackles one who operate
instead; “Middle notably in the about superstitious engines. The word
Ages,” they say, metaphysics of beliefs and other engine itself is of
incorrectly implies personality, magic something. even older origin,
that the period is an creation, and That I can see that ultimately deriving
insignificant blip Providence.
sandwiched between
it is irrelevant to my from the latin word
two much more course. ingenium meaning
important epochs. Renaissance, full of innate quality,
superstition and in especially mental
some cases, witch power, hence a
burning. However, clever invention
after studying for a
semester, I have
come to conclude
that the Middle Ages
does not conform to
its long-held
stereotypes, but
instead, is a web of
complexities of
social contracts and
general daily life. My
views in relation to
the Medieval Age
have been
considerably
changed over the
course of the
semester due to the
learning material. I
enjoyed a lot of the
research aspects of
this unit as well as
the passionate
lectures that were
given. I feel like I
could possibly
improve in my study
ethics, in this
subject but also
across the board as
I think I could
improve.