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Technology and Resource Use in Medieval Europe: Cathedrals, Mills and Mines - Hardcover

Wolfe, Michael; Smith, Elizabeth

 
9780860786702: Technology and Resource Use in Medieval Europe: Cathedrals, Mills and Mines
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0860786706 ISBN 13: 9780860786702
Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

The 10 essays here are the result of a conference devoted to the study of medieval technology in April 1995. Taken together, they aim to help dispel the common misconception that medieval people somehow had to toil in a world bereft of technical innovation and ingenuity. The authors of the papers, all experts in their fields, show the Middle Ages not only to be a time of considerable technological development, but also the ways in which the technologies of building construction, manufacture and metallurgy were shaped by broader forces of culture, social identity, political ambition and the local environment.

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About the Author

Elizabeth Bradford Smith, Penn State University and Michael Wolfe, Penn State University.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0860786706
ISBN 13 
9780860786702
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224