Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Top Ten Legacies of the Middle Ages

Once again, the good folks at List Universe, Dec. 18, 2009.

most people thing of the Middle Ages as the Dark Ages when nothing much good happened in Europe. Well, not so.


10. Universities
9. Banking
8. Caroliugian Miniscule-- before, everything was capital letters. Sometime in the 9th Century, small letters came into use.
7. Illustrated book
6. Romantic Love
5. Chivalry
4. Corrective eye wear
3. Mechanical clocks
2. Compass
1. Magna Carta

Maybe I'll have to change my thoughts.

IMAGINE A WORLD WITH ALL CAPS!!! --DACOOT

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