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Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts
by Sophie Page
In the Middle Ages the art of predicting earthly events and human characteristics from the movements of the stars and planets was a scientific branch of learning with a philosophical basis. Its influence extended to natural philosophy and cosmology, medicine, agriculture, weather-forecasting and alchemy. Yet astrology was never an entirely acceptable practice, attracting both religious and scientific objections. These ambivalent medieval ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$22.00, Our Price US$7.98

The Wisdom of Maimonides: The Life and Writings of the Jewish Sage
by Edward Hoffman
Here is an accessible introduction to the life and wisdom of the famous twelfth-century philosopher-physician Moses Maimonides, whose prolific writings on medical and religious issues, commentaries on Jewish texts, and writings on Jewish ethics and law ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$15.95, Our Price US$6.98

In Pursuit of Liquid Gold
by R B Ogden
A short guide to the early history of beekeeping, focusing primarily on south west England, from the 1st century BC through the Roman and medieval periods. Drawing on examples from Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, Ogden discusses the historical and ...
Paperback. Price US$25.00

Irrigation and Hydraulic Technology: Medieval Spain and its Legacy
by T Glick
Whilst focusing on the origins and development of water technology in `Al-Andalus', this series of articles illuminates broader social patterns, the functioning of legal systems and the interaction of feudal norms and values. Includes techniques of ...
Hardback. Price US$175.00

Johann Gutenberg: the Man and his Invention
by Albert Kapr
The first English-language account of Gutenberg's life to appear in english in many years, this volume attempts to portray the man within, and as a product of, his environment. Kapr has revised his 1986 edition of this book, thus providing us with the ...
Hardback. Price US$49.95

Tecnologia y Sociedad: Las grandes obras publicas an la Europa Medieval
edited by J A Sesma el al
A feast of material on the construction of cathedrals, castles and palaces, the engineers who made them and the archaeologists who are now attempting to preserve them. The papers ome from a conference held in Estella (Navarre) in July 1995. Contents ...
Paperback. Price US$23.50

Popular and Practical Science of Medieval England
edited by Lister M. Matheson
A number of texts surviving from the Middle Ages contain descriptions of the prevalent scientific theories of that period. These texts were intended to make such theories available to the non-specialist, probably for practical application. The authors of ...
Price US$68.00

Abbo of Fleury and Ramsay
Peden, A.M.
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$74.00, Our Price US$12.98

Karl der Grosse und sein Nachwirken. 1200 Jahre Kultur und Wissenschaft in Europa: Volume
Butzer, Paul Leo
Hardback. Price US$80.00

Karl der Grosse und sein Nachwirken. 1200 Jahre Kultur und Wissenschaft in Europa: Volume
Butzer, Paul Leo
Hardback. Price US$85.00