Technology

Technology By Raj  The Middle Ages were in Europe. In the Middle Ages you probably thought that there was not much technology. You’re wrong! Here I will tell you some of the tech of the Middle Ages.

=**Weapons**=

The Weapons of the Middle Ages were things like catapult and trebuchets that flung things over castle walls. The catapults could hurl things a long way. Trebuchets were related to catapults because they too hurl things but their capacity is only 300 pounds, but had lots more force than the catapult. Swords were the knights’ most important weapon; it could be used in many ways. There were also crossbows that could pierce armor as easily as tearing paper. They also had pikes that were a pole with a sharp blade at the end that was used to take down horses. They also had warhammers that could kill people through armor without breaking the armor. The people who went into the war had to have a longbow.

=**Tools**=

Some of the tools of the Middle Ages were things we use now. They had the bellow that sucked in air and pumped it out. The clock and spinning wheel were middle age inventions. The levers and pulleys of the middle ages were very like the ones today, they had some of the same mechanics.

=**Prisons**=

Prisons had lots of tech. The hand cuffs could hold a prisoner so that he couldn’t touch the ground or the wall for months even years. The prison bars were really strong. They also used tech to torture people like a tools that stretched the prisoner until his bones got dislocated. They also had a pulley system that dunked ladies that gossiped about other people in to the river.

=**Blacksmiths**= Blacksmiths made many things and were full of tech. They had tools that could shape metal and they made many tools themselves. They made the horseshoe and the hammer. They made shields and swords and other weapons. Blacksmiths made many different things and had many tools.

Well, now I think the Middle Ages had pretty good technology. But I still wouldn’t want to live in the Middle Ages, because they had no electricity.
 * Info Sources **

Medieval Weapons of Foot Soldiers **[]**
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 * Peter Hicks, How castles were made, Rain tree, 1999 **
 * Richard Heargie, Castle under siege, Rain tree, 1999 **
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 * Mike Corbishley, The Middle Ages, Chelsea House **


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