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Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / Roberta J. Magnusson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magnusson, Roberta J., 1952-
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply engineering--Europe--History.
- Water-supply engineering.
- Municipal water supply--Europe--History.
- Municipal water supply.
- Monasteries--Europe--Water-supply--History.
- Monasteries.
- Waterworks--Europe--History.
- Waterworks.
- Middle Ages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7283-9
- OCLC:
- 923191393
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