Title Water technology in the Middle Ages : cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire / Roberta J. Magnusson.

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
	Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and 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.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Water-supply engineering -- Europe -- History.
	Water-supply engineering.
	Europe.
	History.
	Municipal water supply -- Europe -- History.
	Municipal water supply.
	Monasteries -- Europe -- Water-supply -- History.
	Monasteries.
	Water-supply.
	Waterworks -- Europe -- History.
	Waterworks.
	Middle Ages.
	Middle Ages.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Magnusson, Roberta J., 1952- Water technology in the Middle Ages. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 080186626X (DLC) 00011509 (OCoLC)45094013
ISBN	0801872839 (electronic book)
	9780801872839 (electronic book)
	080186626X (alkaline paper)
	9780801866265 (alkaline paper)