The medieval machine : the industrial revolution of the Middle Ages / Jean Gimpel
By: Gimpel, Jean
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BookPublisher: London : Pimlico, 1992Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xviii, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0712654844.Subject(s): Economic history -- Medieval, 500-1500DDC classification: 940.1 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 940.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00062801 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Through his own choice of source material, the author of this book reconstructs the commercial life of the Middle Ages, giving the reader an appreciation of how energy resources, manpower and sheer ingenuity were applied to agriculture, light industry, the construction trades and mining. He also brings to life some of the great men of the period - the architect-engineers and other technicians whose genius anticipated many of the innovations credited to Leonardo and other luminaries of the Renaissance.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The energy resources of Europe and their development -- The agricultural revolution -- Mining the mineral wealth of Europe -- Environment and pollution -- Labor conditions in three medieval indutries -- Villard de Honnecourt: Architect and engineer -- The mechanical clock: The key machine -- Reason, mathematics, and experimental science -- The end of an era