Question

what changes were there in society during medieval period?

Answer 1

Position of women in society is improved

Answer 2

The most immediately obvious change is the development of gunpowder. This created changes first in fortifications, for the early cannons were almost exclusively used in siege warfare. This did not directly touch on the role of knights. Indeed, much of the change in fortifications had to do more with how cities were fortified rather than how castles were fortified.

Gunpowder directly affected knights in two phases. The first was the development of field artillery in the late 1400s. This was mainly used against infantry, but as knights still sometimes dismounted to charge on foot, it could apply to them as well. The second, more serious, development was that of handguns. These effected a dramatic change because they made armor not only vulnerable but actually burdensome. Within a fairly short period of time, the mounted warrior took off his armor and became the mobile, unarmored cavalry officer of early modern times, relying on sabre and pistol rather than on lance and sword.