The Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages
LeRoy Dresbeck|Jean Gimpel
Through his own choice of source material, the author this book reconstructs commercial life Middle Ages, giving reader an appreciation how energy resources, manpower and sheer ingenuity were applied to agriculture, light industry, construction trades mining. He also brings some great men period - architect-engineers other technicians whose genius anticipated many innovations credited Leonardo luminaries Renaissance.
The American Historical Review