Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm
Reihe: Oxford Historical Monographs
Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm
Reihe: Oxford Historical Monographs
ISBN: 978-0-19-927274-7
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
First comprehensive scholarly history on the subject of bridges which challenges widely-held assumptions on bridges, transport, and trade.
* Provides new insights into almost every aspect of pre-Victorian bridges, including their design, cost, repair, and financing, as well as the role of bridges in the creation of a new road system.
DESCRIPTION:
Medieval bridges are startling achievements of civil engineering, which prove the importance of road transport and the sophistication of the medieval economy. The Bridges of Medieval England rewrites their history, offering new insights into many aspects of the subject. It has profound implications for our understanding of pre-industrial economy and society, challenging accepted accounts of the development of medieval trade and communications and showing continuities from the Anglo-Saxon period to the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
CONTENTS:
Introduction; Part I: Bridge Construction and the Creation of the English Road System; Numbers; Change: 400 to 1250; Stability: Bridges and the Road System after 1250; Part II: The Structure of Bridges; Challenges, Options, Sources; Early Solutions: Timber Deck Bridges and Causeways; Vaulted Stone Bridges: From the Eleventh Century to the Late Middle Ages; The Golden Age of Stone Bridges: From the Late Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century; Keeping the Bridge Network in Use; Part III: Economics and Society; Costs; Funding Mechanisms; Conclusions: Bridges, Transport, and Pre-Industrial Society; Select Bibliography; Index
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* Provides new insights into almost every aspect of pre-Victorian bridges, including their design, cost, repair, and financing, as well as the role of bridges in the creation of a new road system.
DESCRIPTION:
Medieval bridges are startling achievements of civil engineering, which prove the importance of road transport and the sophistication of the medieval economy. The Bridges of Medieval England rewrites their history, offering new insights into many aspects of the subject. It has profound implications for our understanding of pre-industrial economy and society, challenging accepted accounts of the development of medieval trade and communications and showing continuities from the Anglo-Saxon period to the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
CONTENTS:
Introduction; Part I: Bridge Construction and the Creation of the English Road System; Numbers; Change: 400 to 1250; Stability: Bridges and the Road System after 1250; Part II: The Structure of Bridges; Challenges, Options, Sources; Early Solutions: Timber Deck Bridges and Causeways; Vaulted Stone Bridges: From the Eleventh Century to the Late Middle Ages; The Golden Age of Stone Bridges: From the Late Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century; Keeping the Bridge Network in Use; Part III: Economics and Society; Costs; Funding Mechanisms; Conclusions: Bridges, Transport, and Pre-Industrial Society; Select Bibliography; Index
Zielgruppe
Students and scholars of medieval history and archaeology, historians of pre-industrial transport and communications.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
- Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Brückenbau
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
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