Wind, water, work : ancient and medieval milling technology /
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| Author / Creator: | Lucas, Adam. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden : Brill, 2006. |
| Description: | xx, 439 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Technology and change in history, 1385-920X ; v. 8 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5814837 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Milling technology in the ancient world
- Ch. 2. Milling technology in the first millennium CE
- Ch. 3. Tide mills and windmills in the Middle Ages
- Ch. 4. The costs of construction and maintenance of medieval watermills and windmills
- Ch. 5. The role of the monasteries in the development of milling in medieval England
- Ch. 6. Was there an industrial revolution in the Middle Ages based on water-power?
- Ch. 7. Medieval European industrial mills
- Ch. 8. Medieval English industrial mills
- Ch. 9. The medieval Welsh fulling industry
- Ch. 10. The social shaping of milling technology in the pre-modern period
- App. A. Industrial mills in Eurasia and North Africa, 20 to 1600 CE
- App. B. Selected pre-modern industrial mills by country, 20 to 1600 CE.
