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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Purton, Peter
Titre(s) : The medieval military engineer [Texte imprimé] : from the Roman Empire to the sixteenth century / Peter Purton
Publication : Woodbridge : Boydell press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-351 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : Armour and weapons, ISSN 1746-9449
Lien à la collection : Armour and weapons
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 289-336
"The results of medieval engineering still surround us - cathedrals, castles, stone
bridges, irrigation systems. However, the siege artillery, siege towers, temporary
bridges, earthwork emplacements and underground mines used for war have left little
trace behind them; and there is even less of the engineers themselves: the people
behind the military engineering achievements. The evidence for this neglected group
is studied here. The author begins by considering the evolution of military technology
across centuries, and the impact of new technologies in the context of the economic
and social developments which made them possible. He looks at how military engineers
obtained their skills, and the possible link with scholastic scientific awareness.
With the increased survival of government records from the middle ages, engineers
acquire names and individuals can be identified. And the fifteenth century - the age
of polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci - saw a new type of literate military engineer,
part of a recognized profession, but with its roots in a thousand years of historical
development." -- Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Génie militaire -- Europe -- Jusqu'à 1500
Ingénieurs militaires -- Europe -- Jusqu'à 1500
Indice(s) Dewey :
623.09 (23e éd.) = Génie militaire et naval - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781783272785. - ISBN 1783272783 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45599450q
Notice n° :
FRBNF45599450
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Machine generated contents note: 1.Military Engineers in the Middle Ages ; 2.Late
Antiquity and the Early "Middle Ages": Were the "Dark Ages" Really Dark? ; 3.Anonymous
but Effective: The Engineers and Technicians of the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries ;
4.The Engineer Recognised ; 5.Engineers in Demand: Innovation and Development in
the Thirteenth Century ; 6.Old and New Technology and its Operators in the Fourteenth
and Early Fifteenth Centuries ; 7.Polymaths and Specialists in the Fifteenth Century.
