Books, Banks, Buttons: And Other Inventions from the Middle Ages

by Chiara Frugoni and Edward Sibley Barnard

Book Overview

Once regarded by historians as a period of intellectual stagnation, the Middle Ages were actually a period of extraordinary technological innovation. This romp through the inventions of the period tells the story of the first appearance of dozens of items of lasting significance. From the invention of eyeglasses (by a now-forgotten layperson who sought to keep his methods secret, the better to profit from them) to the creation of the fork (at first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231128126
• ISBN13: 9780231128124
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher