As part of Science Week, the MAN’s Department of Medieval Antiquities proposes to show how the development of technology and science had a positive impact on everyday life in the Middle Ages and favoured greater social equality. In this historical period, especially in al-Andalus, a series of innovations were introduced with interlinked effects: new means of water management, such as the waterwheel with arcaduces, had an impact on the production of paper, a technique imported to the Peninsula at this time. This, in turn, brought about a real revolution in written and scientific culture, contributing to the development of medicine and pharmacopoeia.

Collection: Multimedia

Project: 11. Science and culture as representation in Europe.

Chronology: -

Scope: Secondary Education

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgXDQ8dGKw0&feature=emb_logo

Resource type: Video

Format: Multimedia

Owner: Arqueological National Museum of Spain (MAN) (Modernalia)

Abstract: As part of Science Week, the MAN's Department of Medieval Antiquities proposes to show how the development of technology and science had a positive impact on everyday life in the Middle Ages and favoured greater social equality. In this historical period, especially in al-Andalus, a series of innovations were introduced with interlinked effects: new means of water management, such as the waterwheel with arcaduces, had an impact on the production of paper, a technique imported to the Peninsula at this time. This, in turn, brought about a real revolution in written and scientific culture, contributing to the development of medicine and pharmacopoeia.

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