The clock and the camshaft: and other medieval inventions we still can't live without
"This history of medieval inventions, focusing on the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries, vividly portrays a thriving era of human ingenuity--and the results are still being felt to this day. From the mechanical clock to the first eyeglasses, both of which revolutionized society, many of the...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "This history of medieval inventions, focusing on the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries, vividly portrays a thriving era of human ingenuity--and the results are still being felt to this day. From the mechanical clock to the first eyeglasses, both of which revolutionized society, many of the commonplace devices we now take for granted had their origin in the Middle Ages. Divided into ten thematic chapters, the accessible text allows the reader to sample areas of interest or read the book from beginning to end for a complete historical overview. A chapter on the paper revolution shows that innovations in mill power enabled the mass production of cheap paper, which was instrumental in the later success of the printing press as a means of disseminating affordable books to more people. Another chapter examines the importance of Islamic civilization in preserving ancient Greek texts and the role of translation teams in Sicily and Spain in making those texts available in Latin for a European readership. A chapter on instruments of discovery describes the impact of the astrolabe, which was imported from Islamic lands, and the compass, originally invented in China; these tools plus innovations in ship building spurred on the expansion of European trade and the later age of discovery at the time of Columbus. Complete with original drawings to illustrate how these early inventions worked, this guided tour through a distant era reveals how medieval farmers, craftsmen, women artisans, and clerical scholars laid the foundations of the modern world"-- |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
...........................
VII
CHAPTER
I:
AN ANCIENT INHERITANCE
.................
1
CHAPTER
2:
HARNESSING
NATURE S POWER
...............
15
CHAPTER
3:
THE CRANK
AND
THE
CAMSHAFT
..............
35
CHAPTER
4:
THE
PAPER EXPLOSION
..................
51
CHAPTER
5:
THE
GREAT ESCAPEMENT
.................
65
CHAPTER
6:
THE
CATHEDRAL CRUSADE
.................
79
CHAPTER
7:
FROM GREEK
TO
ARABIC
AND
BACK
AGAIN
........
97
CHAPTER
8:
THROUGH
A
GLASS,
NOT DARKLY
.............
117
CHAPTER
9:
MONKS
AND
NUNS
INCORPORATED
............
127
CHAPTER
IO:
INSTRUMENTS
OF
DISCOVERY
...............
145
NOTES
.................................
161
BIBLIOGRAPHY
......
....... ......
. .... .... .
169
INDEX
.................................
175
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
.
VII
CHAPTER
I:
AN ANCIENT INHERITANCE
.
1
CHAPTER
2:
HARNESSING
NATURE'S POWER
.
15
CHAPTER
3:
THE CRANK
AND
THE
CAMSHAFT
.
35
CHAPTER
4:
THE
PAPER EXPLOSION
.
51
CHAPTER
5:
THE
GREAT ESCAPEMENT
.
65
CHAPTER
6:
THE
CATHEDRAL CRUSADE
.
79
CHAPTER
7:
FROM GREEK
TO
ARABIC
AND
BACK
AGAIN
.
97
CHAPTER
8:
THROUGH
A
GLASS,
NOT DARKLY
.
117
CHAPTER
9:
MONKS
AND
NUNS
INCORPORATED
.
127
CHAPTER
IO:
INSTRUMENTS
OF
DISCOVERY
.
145
NOTES
.
161
BIBLIOGRAPHY
.
. .
. . . .
169
INDEX
.
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