Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / / Roberta J. Magnusson
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| Autore: |
Magnusson Roberta J. <1952->
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| Titolo: |
Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / / Roberta J. Magnusson
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 627/.094/0902 |
| Soggetto topico: | Water-supply engineering - Europe - History |
| Municipal water supply - Europe - History | |
| Monasteries - Europe - Water-supply - History | |
| Waterworks - Europe - History | |
| Middle Ages | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Survival and Revival; 2 Resource Acquisition; 3 Design and Construction; 4 Administration and Finance; 5 Users; Epilogue; Abbreviations; Notes; Notes on Sources; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Focusing attention on gravity-fed water-flow systems in mediaeval cities and monasteries, Roberta J. Magnusson challenges the view that hydraulic engineering died with the Romans and remained moribund until the Renaissance. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Water technology in the Middle Ages |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7283-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828618003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.