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 : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Description:

xiv, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Series:

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Survival and Revival -- Resource Acquisition -- Design and Construction -- Administration and Finance -- Users.
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.

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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

080186626X (alk. paper)
9780801866265 (alk. paper)

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.
Monastères Europe Approvisionnement en eau Histoire.
Services d'eau Europe Histoire.
Moyen Âge.
Monasteries Water-supply.
Municipal water supply.
Water-supply engineering.
Waterworks.
Kloster
Wasserbau
Wasserversorgung
Wasserversorgungsanlage
Stadt
Watervoorziening.
Technische ontwikkeling.
Kloosters.
Steden.
Europe.
Europa

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)

Holdings:

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