About this title: An illuminating look at the monumental inventions of the Middle Ages, by the authors "of Life in a Medieval Castle.""The Gieses here explode the myth of the Dark Ages, showing that the Fall of Rome did not plunge Europe into stagnation and lethargy." "--Booklist"
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Edition: Sixth Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: HarperPerennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780060925819ISBN:0060925817
Description: Near Fine. History. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. In this account of Europe's rise to world leadership in technology, that authors make use of recent scholarship to show how early modern technology and experimental science were direct outgrowths of the decisive innovations of medieval Europe. This boo kis in near fine condition and appears unread. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780060925819ISBN:0060925817
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Perennial
Date Published: 1995-02-01
ISBN-13:9780060925819ISBN:0060925817
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780060925819ISBN:0060925817
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 1995-02-15
ISBN-13:9780060925819ISBN:0060925817
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 1995-02-15
ISBN-13:9780060925819ISBN:0060925817
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 1995-02-15
ISBN-13:9780060925819ISBN:0060925817
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Description: Very good. In this account of Europe's rise to world leadership in technology, the authors make use of recent scholarship to show how early modern technology and experimental science were direct outgrowths of the decisive innovations of medieval Europe, in th. read more
"If you like history and you like technology, what could be better than a book about the history of technology? Seriously though, we think the dark ages were a period of stagnation but that is far from true. A great many advances were made beyond what the ancient Greeks and Romans had done (many ideas were borrowed from the Chinese who had failed to develop them) and so laid the foundations for the Renaissance and later the Industrial Revolution. For instance water wheels as we know them weren't common till about 1000AD. I found I needed to read this book while sitting near a computer so I could look up things on Wikipedia when I needed further detail."
"Incredible detail and depth are in this Gies volume, which begins far before the middle ages, spans continents, and ends with Christopher Columbus. It is a more scholarly volume than many of their others, and is more suited to post-high school readers. Black and white illustrations."
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