Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / R...
Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / R...
Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / Roberta J. Magnusson.
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Publisher
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N627.094/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 238 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Survival and Revival -- 2. Resource Acquisition -- 3. Design and Construction -- 4. Administration and Finance -- 5. Users.
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Publisher
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
"Focusing attention on gravity-fed water-flow systems in medieval cities and monasteries, Water Technology in the Middle Ages: Cities, Monasteries, and Waterworks after the Roman Empire challenges the view that hydraulic engineering died with the Romans and remained moribund until the Renaissance. Roberta Magnusson explores the systems themselves -...
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Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / Roberta J. Magnusson.
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Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English.
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N627.094/1
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74VvbVN5a0zy
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ISBN
080186626X (alk. paper)
DDC
627.0940902
MMS ID
991014837289702626
