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Cathedral, forge, and waterwheel

by Frances Gies, Joseph Gies

1994 357 pages eng

"In this account of Europe's rise to world leadership in technology, Frances and Joseph Gies make use of recent scholarship to destroy two time-honored myths. Myth One: that Europe's leap forward occurred suddenly in the "Renaissance," following centuries of medieval stagnation. Not so, say the Gies…

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