Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel: Technology & Invention in the Middle Ages by Frances Gies, Joseph Gies

Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel: Technology & Invention in the Middle Ages

Frances Gies, Joseph Gies

357 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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In this account of Europe's rise to world leadership in technology, Frances and Joseph Gies make use of recent scholarship to destroy two time-honored myths. Myth One: that Europe's leap forward occurred suddenly in the "Renaissance," following ce...

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