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Working with water in medieval Europe : technology and resource-use /
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.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston :
Brill,
2000.
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| Series: | Technology and change in history ;
v. 3. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.