Medieval Religion and technology: collected essays

Lynn T. White

University of California Press, 1978 - Technology - 360 pages

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Review: Medieval Religion and Technology: Collected Essays

User Review  - Jan Vernee - Goodreads

highly readable set of data heavy essays which completely upset my views on the middle ages as i was looking for the roots of 'the rise of the west.

Review: Medieval Religion and Technology: Collected Essays

User Review  - John - Goodreads

Where would we be today if the stirrup hadn't been invented?

Contents

• Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages 1940: 1
• Natural Science and Naturalistic Art in the Middle: 23
• Tibet India and Malaya as Sources of Western: 43
• The Medieval Roots of Modern Technology and Science: 75
• Theophilus redivivus 1964: 93
• The Legacy of the Middle Ages in the American Wild: 105
• Jacopo Aconcio as an Engineer 1967: 149
• This: 157
• The Invention of the Parachute 1968: 175
• The Iconography of Temperantia and the Virtuousness: 181
• The Origins of the Coach 1970: 205
• Cultural Climates and Technological Advance in: 217
• The Diffusion of the Lateen Sail 1974: 255
• Technology Assessment from the Stance of a Medieval: 261
• The Crusades and the Technological Thrust of: 277
• Medical Astrologers and Late Medieval: 297
• Medieval Engineering and the Sociology of Knowledge: 317
• Index: 339

Bibliographic information

• Title: Medieval Religion and technology: collected essays; Volume 13 of California Studies in the History of Art; Volume 13 of Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies LosAngeles, Calif: Publications of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Volume 13 of Publications of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA, ISSN 0068-6220; Volume 13 of Publications of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; Volume 13 of Publications, Los Angeles University of California Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Volume 13 of Publications, University of California Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Author: Lynn T. White
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of California Press, 1978
• ISBN: 0520035666, 9780520035669
• Length: 360 pages