Glasses were first invented in Florence, Italy. Factories were made there and Florence is now known as the home of glasses, although later factories were created in England. At first they would hold chunks of glass up to their face to enlarge letters. Later they would make nose pads , and even later arms for your ears, so that you could wear them on your face with ease.

In 1268 Roger Bacon first figured out how to enlarge letters with glass. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars all used glasses. Typically, a character wearing eyeglasses became the archetype for someone who was highly educated, sophisticated, or elderly. Soon enough wearing glasses became a symbol of wealth and intelligence. Some accounts mention the first pair of eyeglasses being made around 1284 in Pisa, Italy.

The first newspaper came out in the 15th century 1665 by the London Press, and helped increase the demand for glasses. Printed books were also introduced which increased the need for glasses. Since all this new literature was being printed, glasses were much more needed to read these things. It was a cause and effect cycle, more literacy meant more glasses, and more people seeing meant more literate things being provided.

Now glasses are a normal everyday thing that many take for granted. Today, it is widely common for people to be able to see and do everyday things that people in the past couldn't. Glasses are an astounding invention that should definitely be given the credit they have always deserved.