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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825085003321

Titolo

Working with water in medieval Europe : technology and resource-use / / edited by Paolo Squatriti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2000

ISBN

1-280-46396-1

9786610463961

1-4175-7342-2

90-474-0011-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 446 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Technology and change in history, , 1385-920X ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

SquatritiPaolo <1963->

Disciplina

627/.094/0902

Soggetti

Hydraulic engineering - Europe - History

Middle Ages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-435) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.