What was the problem with science of the middle ages

Many historians and scientists regard the Western Europe, after the fall of the Roman Empire, as completely devoid of interest, a barren wilderness in the history of science. Contemptuously, they give medieval Europe the Dark Ages, and this epithet evokes pictures of filthy, illiterate peasants and rulers, with medieval society a pale, superstitious shadow of the Greek and Roman ages of reason and high philosophy. Science was seen as a very touchy subject back in the Middle Ages, especially with the breakout of the Plague that was unforeseen.

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The catholic church would usually sentence any who proved them wrong with science to death because the church was the government