I read an opinion that recent studies have disproven most technological progress attributed to the Middle Ages (water mills, metallurgy, etc.) and instead attributed them to the antiquity. How true is this?

by achilles_m

The source was possibly biased, but they quoted Britannica, suggesting there was indeed no technological progress in the Middle ages, apart from stirrups. I do not have a Britannica subscription, so I can not confirm this.

So, as a general question, has there been a turn away from brightening up the "dark ages" into darkening them back?

And on a related note, what contemporary (past decade) historians would you recommend reading on Medieval technology?

(also pardon bad grammar in the main title, it's pretty late)

DanKensington

So my headphones are charging and that means a wait of a little bit until I get back into XCOM 2, which means that you are now subjected to the results of everything relevant I found on Pushshift for 'Medieval technology'. Hang on to your hat and get yourself a drink, we've got a lot. As always, if anyone would like to contribute further, please don't let this mini-Digest stop you! The Middle Ages are the best Ages, after all. The relevant links will be spread over a few posts below because tag limit.

First, u/Hergrim and u/BlueStraggler look at the technological differences between Europe in 500 AD versus Europe in 1500 AD;