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The bridges of medieval England : transport and society, 400-1800 / David Harrison.
Main entry:

Harrison, David (David Featherstone)

Title & Author:

The bridges of medieval England : transport and society, 400-1800 / David Harrison.

Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Description:

xix, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Series:

Oxford historical monographs

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Numbers -- 3. Change : 400-1250 -- 4. Stability : bridges and the road system after 1250 -- 5. Challenges, options, sources -- 6. Early solutions : timber deck bridges and causeways -- 7. Vaulted stone bridges : from the eleventh century to the late Middle Ages -- 8. The golden age of stone bridges: from the late Middle Ages to the nineteenth century -- 9. Keeping the bridge network in use -- 10. Costs -- 11. Funding mechanisms -- 12. Conclusions : bridges, transport, and pre-industrial society.
Also issued online.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50 0.
Dust jacket.
Summary:

"The evidence presented in The Bridges of Medieval England shows that the network of bridges, which had been in place since the thirteenth century, was capable of serving the needs of the economy on the eve of the Industrial Revolution. This has important implications for our understanding of pre-industrial society, challenging accepted accounts of the development of medieval trade and communications, and bringing to the fore the continuities from the late Anglo-Saxon period to the eighteenth century. This book is essential reading for those interested in architecture, engineering, transport, and economics, and any historian sceptical about the achievements of Medieval England."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0199272743 (hbk.)
9780199272747 (hbk.)
9780199226856
0199226857
9780191556791
0191556793

Subject:

Bridges, Medieval England.
Bridges England History.
Ponts médiévaux Angleterre.
Ponts Angleterre Histoire.
Bridges.
Bridges, Medieval.
Brücke
Bruggen (weg- en waterbouw)
Vervoer.
Bridges, Medieval Great Britain.
Bridges Great Britain History.
pont voie de communication Angleterre (Grande-Bretagne) Moyen-Âge 18e s.
England.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Oxford historical monographs.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242055
Call No.: HE377.G73 H37 2004
Status: Available

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