Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / Roberta J. Magnusson.

Main entry:

Magnusson, Roberta J., 1952-

Title & Author:

Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / Roberta J. Magnusson.

Publication:

Baltimore ; London : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Description:

xiv, 238 p : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Survival and Revival -- 2. Resource Acquisition -- 3. Design and Construction -- 4. Administration and Finance -- 5. Users.
Dust jacket.

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.

ISBN:

080186626X
9780801866265

Subject:

Water-supply engineering Europe History.
Municipal water supply Europe History.
Monasteries Europe Water-supply History.
Waterworks Europe History.
Middle Ages.
Eau Approvisionnement Technique Europe Histoire.
Eau Approvisionnement urbain Europe Histoire.
Services d'eau Europe Histoire.
Moyen Âge.
Monasteries Water-supply.
Municipal water supply.
Water-supply engineering.
Waterworks.
Water-supply engineering Europe.
Municipal water supply Europe.
Monasteries Europe Water-supply.
Europe.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220381
Call No.: TC455 .M3 2001
Status: Available

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