The Heavy Plough is invented before the Middle Ages.
In the Middle Ages proper, anything invented that isn't some rudimentary technology from the Romans or other primitive agricultural societies is torture gear.
Not true, but even if it was, by comparison, an ancient Greek invented the steam engine but didn't know what to do with it and the Chinese invented gunpowder and just made some fireworks.
Nope, the Heavy (8 oxen) Plow was invented right during the period you're describing; 8th to 11th century. It forced individual peasant families to band together to get enough oxen to pull it over more ground than they could all cover with single plows combined.
This led directly to peasants working in reciprocal relationships with non-blood related neighbours, undermining the clan system and creating the basis for the high-trust societies that we (and only we; not even the Romans acheived this) inherited.
The Heavy Plough is invented before the Middle Ages.
In the Middle Ages proper, anything invented that isn't some rudimentary technology from the Romans or other primitive agricultural societies is torture gear.
The windmill? The stirrup? Clocks? The hospital? The Univeristy?
Those were all invented thousands of years ago.
The most innovative item from Europe in the Middle Ages is the Breaking Wheel.
Not true, but even if it was, by comparison, an ancient Greek invented the steam engine but didn't know what to do with it and the Chinese invented gunpowder and just made some fireworks.
Nope, the Heavy (8 oxen) Plow was invented right during the period you're describing; 8th to 11th century. It forced individual peasant families to band together to get enough oxen to pull it over more ground than they could all cover with single plows combined.
This led directly to peasants working in reciprocal relationships with non-blood related neighbours, undermining the clan system and creating the basis for the high-trust societies that we (and only we; not even the Romans acheived this) inherited.