I Am a Traditional Catholic

Furthermore, in debunking false history about the Catholic Church, Stark states in his book that Medieval Europe saw the invention of wind power, crop rotation, drainage of the low countries, the heavy plow, chimneys, polyphony chant, musical notation, oil paintings and even eyeglasses. Militarily, it saw the rise of saddles and stirrups that allowed for heavy cavalry to smash the Saracens at the Battle of Tours.