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
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