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Author Magnusson, Roberta J., 1952-

Title Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / Roberta J. Magnusson
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Water-supply engineering -- Europe -- History
Municipal water supply -- Europe -- History
Monasteries -- Europe -- Water-supply -- History
Waterworks -- Europe -- History
Middle Ages.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics.
Middle Ages
Monasteries -- Water-supply
Municipal water supply
Water-supply engineering
Waterworks
Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0801872839
9780801872839
080186626X
9780801866265