Technical Knowledge in Europe, 1200-1500 AD

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Title: Technical Knowledge in Europe, 1200-1500 AD
Description: This volume brings together works on the development of scientific and technical knowledge in Europe between the 13th and 16th centuries, with a special focus on the Iberian Peninsula. These works, which rely heavily on the evidence provided by the written record, pay particular attention to the content of recipe books and technical treatises from the 15th and 16th centuries. The volume addresses issues such as manuscript and technical recipe book analysis, archaeological investigation of production areas and archaeometric analysis, presenting a holistic and comprehensive perspective of technical knowledge during the Middle Ages. It highlights different approaches and perspectives in the analysis of medieval technical and technological knowledge, in order to arrive at equally broad and complementary conclusions.
Authors: Ricardo Córdoba de la Llave, Editor, Javier López Rider, Editor
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Technology--Iberian Peninsula--History--To 1500, Technology--Europe--History--To 1500
Categories: HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:This volume brings together works on the development of scientific and technical knowledge in Europe between the 13th and 16th centuries, with a special focus on the Iberian Peninsula. These works, which rely heavily on the evidence provided by the written record, pay particular attention to the content of recipe books and technical treatises from the 15th and 16th centuries. The volume addresses issues such as manuscript and technical recipe book analysis, archaeological investigation of production areas and archaeometric analysis, presenting a holistic and comprehensive perspective of technical knowledge during the Middle Ages. It highlights different approaches and perspectives in the analysis of medieval technical and technological knowledge, in order to arrive at equally broad and complementary conclusions.
ISBN:9781527587045
9781527587052