Wind, water, work : Ancient and Medieval Milling technology / Adam Lucas
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PART ONE. AGRICULTURAL MILLING IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL SOCIETIES. CHAPTER ONE. MILLING TECHNOLOGY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. - Introduction. - Rotatory handmills. - Beast mills. - Compartmented waterwheels. - Vertical-wheeled watermills. - Horizontal-wheeled watermills. - Was technological stagnation a characteristic of the ancient world?. - Conclusion. CHAPTER TWO. MILLING TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIRST MILLENIUM CE. - Introduction. - The sources. - China. - Islamic societies. - Italy. - England. - Ireland. - Conclusion. CHAPTER THREE. TIDE MILLS AND WINDMILLS NIT HE MIDDLE AGES. - Introduction. - Tide mills. - Horizontal windmills. - Vertical windmills. - Tower mills. - Conclusion. CHAPTER FOUR. THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF MEDIEVAL WATERMILLS AND WINDMILLS. - Introduction. - Responsabilities of lords and tenants for mill maintenance. - Waterpowered grain mills. - Fulling mills. - Tide mills. - Windmills. - Conclusion. CHAPTER FIVE. THE ROLE OF THE MONASTERIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MILLING IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. - Introduction. - The role of monasticism in the "reintroduction" of the vertical-wheeled watermill to Western Europe. - Milling monopolies and lordly contro. - Monastic mill construction, innovation and profiability. - Conclusion. PART TWO. INDUSTRIAL MILLING IN THE MIDDLE AGES. CHAPTER SIX. WAS THERE AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE AGES BASED ON WATER-POWER?. - Introduction. - The early history of industrial milling. - The industrial use of water-power in the middle ages. - Summary of findings from the larger sample. - Conclusion. CHAPTER SEVEN. MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL MILLS. - Introduction. - Malt mills. - Hemp mills. - Fulling mills. - Tanning mills. - Forge mills. - Tool-sharpening mills. - Sawmills. - Conclusion. CHAPTER EIGHT. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH INDUSTRIAL MILLS. - Introduction. - Documented industrial mills. - Undocumented industrial mills. - Conclusion. CHAPTER NINE. THE MEDIEVAL WELSH FULLING INDUSTRY. - Introduction. - Carus-Wilson and the English fulling industry. - Ian Jack's gazetter of Welsh fulling mills. - Structure of the Welsh mecanized fulling industry. - Analysis of Welsh fulling mill rental data. - The relative profitability of mechanized fulling in medievan England an Wales. - The changing structure of the Welsh fulling industry. - Conclusion. CONCLUSION. - CHAPTER TEN. THE SOCIAL SHAPING OF MILLING TECHNOLOGY IN THE PRE-MODERN PERIOD. - Introduction. - Technological system and sociotechnical networks. - Do mills have politics?. - Conclusion. APPENDICES. - Appendix A. Industrial Mills in Eurasia and Nort Africa, 20 to 1600 CE. - Appendix B. Selected pre-modern industrial mills by country, 20 to 1600 CE.
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PART ONE. AGRICULTURAL MILLING IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL SOCIETIES. CHAPTER ONE. MILLING TECHNOLOGY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. - Introduction. - Rotatory handmills. - Beast mills. - Compartmented waterwheels. - Vertical-wheeled watermills. - Horizontal-wheeled watermills. - Was technological stagnation a characteristic of the ancient world?. - Conclusion. CHAPTER TWO. MILLING TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIRST MILLENIUM CE. - Introduction. - The sources. - China. - Islamic societies. - Italy. - England. - Ireland. - Conclusion. CHAPTER THREE. TIDE MILLS AND WINDMILLS NIT HE MIDDLE AGES. - Introduction. - Tide mills. - Horizontal windmills. - Vertical windmills. - Tower mills. - Conclusion. CHAPTER FOUR. THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF MEDIEVAL WATERMILLS AND WINDMILLS. - Introduction. - Responsabilities of lords and tenants for mill maintenance. - Waterpowered grain mills. - Fulling mills. - Tide mills. - Windmills. - Conclusion. CHAPTER FIVE. THE ROLE OF THE MONASTERIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MILLING IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. - Introduction. - The role of monasticism in the "reintroduction" of the vertical-wheeled watermill to Western Europe. - Milling monopolies and lordly contro. - Monastic mill construction, innovation and profiability. - Conclusion. PART TWO. INDUSTRIAL MILLING IN THE MIDDLE AGES. CHAPTER SIX. WAS THERE AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE AGES BASED ON WATER-POWER?. - Introduction. - The early history of industrial milling. - The industrial use of water-power in the middle ages. - Summary of findings from the larger sample. - Conclusion. CHAPTER SEVEN. MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL MILLS. - Introduction. - Malt mills. - Hemp mills. - Fulling mills. - Tanning mills. - Forge mills. - Tool-sharpening mills. - Sawmills. - Conclusion. CHAPTER EIGHT. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH INDUSTRIAL MILLS. - Introduction. - Documented industrial mills. - Undocumented industrial mills. - Conclusion. CHAPTER NINE. THE MEDIEVAL WELSH FULLING INDUSTRY. - Introduction. - Carus-Wilson and the English fulling industry. - Ian Jack's gazetter of Welsh fulling mills. - Structure of the Welsh mecanized fulling industry. - Analysis of Welsh fulling mill rental data. - The relative profitability of mechanized fulling in medievan England an Wales. - The changing structure of the Welsh fulling industry. - Conclusion. CONCLUSION. - CHAPTER TEN. THE SOCIAL SHAPING OF MILLING TECHNOLOGY IN THE PRE-MODERN PERIOD. - Introduction. - Technological system and sociotechnical networks. - Do mills have politics?. - Conclusion. APPENDICES. - Appendix A. Industrial Mills in Eurasia and Nort Africa, 20 to 1600 CE. - Appendix B. Selected pre-modern industrial mills by country, 20 to 1600 CE.
