Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire /
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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801872839 (electronic bk.) |