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UNINA9910450208203321 |
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Titolo |
Working with water in medieval Europe [[electronic resource] ] : technology and resource-use / / edited by Paolo Squatriti |
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Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-46396-1 |
9786610463961 |
1-4175-7342-2 |
90-474-0011-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (468 p.) |
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Collana |
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Technology and change in history, , 1385-920X ; ; v. 3 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hydraulic engineering - Europe - History |
Middle Ages |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-435) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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