How They Made Things Work in the Middle Ages
By: written by Richard Platt ; illustrated by David Lawrence
Contributors: Lawrence, David
Series: How they made things work!
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780749674809
Subjects: Technology; Juvenile literature; History; Technological innovations; Middle Ages
Other titles: How they made things work in the Middle Ages
Description: How did people in the Middle ages defend their homes, plough their fields and grind their wheat, among other things? This book explains how and descibes some of the innovations they thought up - like the wheelbarrow.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: How they made things work in the Middle Ages; title: Cathedrals; title: Pole lathe; title: Windmill; title: Wheelbarrow; title: Sail and rudder; title: Compass and quadrant; title: Furnace and armour; title: Heavy plough; title: Forest glass; title: Trebuchet; title: Longbow; title: Paper.