Technology and Resource Use in Medieval Europe

Contents: Introduction; New Perspectives on Medieval Technology and Resource Use Elizabeth Bradford Smith and Michael Wolfe; Stone and Wood: Technological Innovation in High Gothic Architecture, Robert Mark; The Rayonnant Gothic Buttresses at Metz Cathedral, Sergio Sanabria and Kristina Luce; Scale and Scantling: Technological Issues in Large-Scale Timberwork of the High Middle Ages, Lynn T. Courtenay; The Gothic Barn of England: Icon of Prestige and Authority, Niall Brady; Water, Wind, and Muscle: The Archaeology of Water Power in Britain before the Industrial Revolution, David Crossley; 'Advent and Conquests' of the Water Mill in Italy, Paolo Squatriti; Mechanization and the Medieval English Economy, Richard Holt; Agricultural Progress and Agricultural Technology in Medieval Germany: An Alternative Model, Michael Toch; Iron and Steel: Wood, Iron, and Water in the Othe Forest in the Late Middle Ages: New Findings and Perspectives, Patrice Beck, Philippe Braunstein, and Michel Philippe; Weapons of War and Late Medieval Cities: Technological Innovation and Tactical Changes, Bert Hall; Index.