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by Jackson, Donald C., (Donald Conrad)
fromStudies in the history of civil engineering
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A collection of articles which illustrate the history of dam technology from ancient to modern times. It explores technical issues underlying differences in dam designs, illuminates why various societies have built dams and shows how "social" or non-technical factors have influe…
In the present collection of articles by Malcolm Parkes two overarching concerns emerge: the palaeography of manuscript books in relation to what Parkes has previously called the 'grammar of legibility'; and the importance of considering the circumstances in which medieval books…
This volume brings together twenty studies relating to the history of the Latin principalities established in Palestine and Syria from their foundation in the course of the First Crusade up to their defeat by Saladin at the battle of Hattin in 1187. Half of the essays deal with …