I've been going to a course on Technology, Science and their effectl on Social Development. Most papers we read depict Mediaeval Europe as the dark ages when religion (catholicism) stopped every possible advancement in technology and science. I believe that point of view is very arguable -to say the least. Nonetheless, I do not have the necessary information to argue against it. So my question (or more like a request) is: what technological advancements were there in the Mediaeval Europe? Where were they created? By whom? Whith what aim? Thanks
This is more a take down of the "Catholic Church was terrible/anti-science" idea than a specific list of accomplishments, but this answer by /u/restricteddata is quite good.
I also address some of it here specifically in questions 1 and 3, and I talk some about why we think of the middle ages the way we do in the introduction. My focus is in intellectual culture, which, as /u/restricteddata points out, is actually very separate from technological development in the middle ages, so I can't help as much with that, but I'm happy to try and answer any follow up you might have.