Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages

by Jean Gimpel

A close examination of the industrial life and institutions of the Middle Ages and of that inventiveness that laid the foundations for our present technologically oriented society

Genres: History, Medieval, Nonfiction, Science, Technology, Medieval History, Economics

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Jean Gimpel was a man of great physical and intellectual energy, with a big heart and strong sense of justice. A profound and very practical interest in technology, and especially that of the Middle Ages, was the thread that ran through his working life. It yielded two classic studies, The Cathedral Builders (1958) and The Medieval Machine: the Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages (1976), underpinned two further books, The Cult of Art: against art and artists (1968) and The End of the Future (1995), and helped make him an effective saboteur in the French Resistance. For his services during the Second World War he was awarded the Croix de Guerre, the Medaille de Resistance and the Legion d'Honneur.

Reviews

[Carlos Filipe Bernardino]

Un bon livre d'histoire, avec beaucoup d'informations importantes sur l'évolution et l'utilisation de la technologie au Moyen Age. Il est aussi important pour nous faire voir que cette période de l'Histoire n'est pas un âge sombre.