Medieval Religion and Technology : Collected Essays

• Autore: White Lynn
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2018; ©1986
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 pages)
• Disciplina: 609.02
• Soggetto topico: Medicine, Medieval; Religion and science - History; Religion and science; Science, Medieval; Technology - Religious aspects - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500; Technology - Religious aspects; HISTORY / Medieval
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Series Editors -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Study of Medieval Technology, 1924-1974: Personal Reflections [1975] -- 1. Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages [1940] -- 2. Natural Science and Naturalistic Art in the Middle Ages [1947] -- 3. Tibet, India, and Malaya as Sources of Western Medieval Technology [1960] -- 4. Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator: A Case Study of Technological Innovation, its Context and Tradition [1961] -- 5. The Medieval Roots of Modern Technology and Science [1963] -- 6. Theophilus redivivus [1964] -- 7. The Legacy of the Middle Ages in the American Wild West [1965] -- 8. Pumps and Pendula: Galileo and Technology [1966] -- 9. The Life of the Silent Majority [1967] -- 10. Jacopo Aconcio as an Engineer [1967] -- 11. The Invention of the Parachute [1968] -- 12. The Iconography of Temperantia and the Virtuousness of Technology [1969] -- 13. The Origins of the Coach [1970] -- 14. Cultural Climates and Technological Advance in the Middle Ages [1971] -- 15. The Diffusion of the La teen Sail [1974] -- 16. Technology Assessment from the Stance of a Medieval Historian [1974] -- 17. The Crusades and the Technological Thrust of the West [1975] -- 18. Medical Astrologers and Late Medieval Technology [1975] -- 19. Medieval Engineering and the Sociology of Knowledge [1975] -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of nineteen essays, their previous publication dates scattered over a long career, is designed to indicate the velocity and variety of the inventiveness visible in medieval engineering and also to explore the relation of technology to the values of western medieval culture. During the Middle Ages, values and the motivations springing from them--even those underlying many activities that to us today seem purely secular--were often expressed in religious presuppositions. Hence this book's title. The conceptual unity of the collection is brought forth in the author's Introduction, "The Study of Medieval Technology, 1924-1974: Personal Reflections." This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978 and reissued as a paperback in 1986.
• Titolo autorizzato: Medieval Religion and Technology
• ISBN: 0-520-37807-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911009257303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA Series