Technology and resource use in medieval Europe : cathedrals, mills, and mines / edited by Elizabeth Bradford Smith and Michael Wolfe.

Other author Smith, Elizabeth Bradford.
Other author Wolfe, Michael.
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, Hampshire, Great Britain ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, ©1997.
Description216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Technology--History. --Congresses.
Civilization, Medieval--Congresses.

Contents Introduction: new perspectives on medieval technology and resource use / Elizabeth Bradford Smith and Michael Wolfe -- Technological innovation in High Gothic architecture / Robert Mark -- The Rayonnant Gothic buttresses at Metz Cathedral / Sergio Sanabria and Kristina Luce -- Scale and scantling: technological issues in large-scale timberwork of the High Middle Ages / Lynn T. Courtenay -- The Gothic barn of England: icon of prestige and authority / Niall Brady -- The archaeology of water power in Britain before the Industrial Revolution / David Crossley -- 'Advent and conquests' of the water mill in Italy / Paolo Squatriti -- Mechanization and the medieval English economy / Richard Holt -- Agricultural progress and agricultural technology in medieval Germany: an alternative model / Michael Toch -- Wood, iron, and water in the Othe Forest in the late Middle Ages: new findings and perspectives / Patrice Beck, Philippe Braunstein, and Michel Philippe / Weapons of war and late medieval cities: technological innovation and tactical changes / Bert Hall.
General noteEssays from a conference held in April 1995.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 97039901
ISBN0860786706 (hc)