Working with water in medieval Europe : Technology and resource-use.
Title:
Working with water in medieval Europe : Technology and resource-use.
Author:
Squatriti, P.
ISBN:
9789047400110
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (468 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Waterpower in Medieval Ireland -- Chapter Two: Medieval England's Water-Related Technologies -- Chapter Three: Hydraulic Engineering in the Netherlands during the Middle Ages -- Chapter Four: Water Technology in Medieval Germany -- Chapter Five: Medieval Hydraulics in France -- Chapter Six: The Technologies of Water in Medieval Italy -- Chapter Seven: Hydraulic Systems and Technologies of Islamic Spain: History and Archaeology -- Chapter Eight: Medieval Fishing -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
A comprehensive survey of the techniques people used to harness, and defend themselves from, water in Western Christendom from 500-1500, each chapter of this volume sets the technologies of fishing, land drainage, irrigation, flood control, and water supply within a social and cultural context.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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