Harvesting the Air: Windmill Pioneers in Twelfth-Century England

by Edward J. Kealey

We sell Rare, out-of-print, uncommon, & used BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, DOCUMENTS, AND EPHEMERA. We do not sell ebooks, print on demand, or other reproduced materials. Each item you see here is individually described and imaged. We welcome further inquiries.

307 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Kara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Normally I disapprove of historians with a serious ax to grind, but Kealey puts his money where his mouth is and does a marvelous job backing his claim that England was at the forefront of 12th century windmill technology, and that the now quaint postmill was work of some radical English engineer, rather than just someone copying someone else’s work.

I understand that not many people get excited about medieval technology, so I will squee and fangirl out with the complete understanding I look like a total dork about it.