It may come as a shock to discover that there were some great innovations in the Middle Ages, such as the mechanical clock, the printing press and coffee houses! But it is in construction ...

Further innovations would follow in the decades ahead, but by the middle of the 19th century, printing was possible on a truly industrial scale. How did it change the world? The Gutenberg press ...

Keywords medieval Europe, Church, Emperors, Nobility, feudal system, peasants, Magna Carta, knighthood, minstrels, Crusades, trade, middle class, Black Death, education, printing press ...