De Re Metallica
Subtitle: The Use Of Metal In The Middle Ages (Avista Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science and Art)
Contributors: Robert Odell Bork (Editor); Scott Montgomery (Editor); Carol Neuman De Vegvar (Editor); Ellen Shortell (Editor); Steven Walton (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Routledge
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780754650485
Subjects: Iron, steel & metals industries; World history: c 500 to C 1500; History: World; Technology & Industrial Arts; Metallurgy; Medieval; Great Britain; History; Metal-work
First sentence: Metals have played a central role in the history of culture for many thousands of years.