Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
Language: English
Published by Harper Perennial, New York, 1995
Series: Book 6 of 8 - Medieval Life
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- Title
- Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
- Author
- Gies, Frances; Gies, Joseph
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial, New York
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0060925817
- ISBN 13
- 9780060925819
- Edition
- First Trade Paperback Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Series
- Book 6 of 8: Medieval Life
From bestselling historians Joseph and Frances Gies, whose books have been used by George R.R. Martin as source material for Game of Thrones, comes a classic book on innovation and technological change in medieval Europe
In this account of Europe's rise to world leadership in technology, Frances and Joseph Gies show how early modern technology and experimental science were direct outgrowths of the decisive innovations of medieval Europe, in the tools and techniques of agriculture, craft industry, metallurgy, building construction, navigation, and war. The Gieses report that many of Europe's most important inventions--the horse harness, the stirrup, the magnetic compass, cotton and silk cultivation and manufacture, papermaking, firearms, and "Arabic" numerals--had their origins outside Europe, in China, India, and the Middle East. Europe synthesized its own innovations--the three-field system, water power in industry, the full-rigged ship, the putting-out system--into a powerful new combination of technology, economics, and politics.
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About the Author
Fiances and Joseph Gies have been writing books about medieval history for thirty years. Together and separately, they are the authors of more than twenty books, including Life in a Medieval City, Life in a Medieval Castle, Life in a Medieval Village, The Knight in History, and Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel. They live near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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