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Medieval French bridges: a history

Marjorie Nice Boyer 1976 © Medieval Academy of America
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  • 9780910956581 (hardcover)
Subject
  • European: 400-1400
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  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

  • Stats

  • Frontmatter
  • List of Illustrations (page ix)
  • Preface (page xi)
  • 1. The Background (page 1)
  • I. FROM THE ROMANS THROUGH THE CAROLINGIANS
    • 2. The Bridge as Military Adjunct (page 13)
  • II. FROM CA. 1000 TO CA. 1250: BRIDGES IN PRIVATE OR CORPORATE POSSESSION
    • 3. The Bridge as a Pious Work: The Flowering of an Idea (page 31)
    • 4. The Bridge as a Pious Work: The Institutionalization of an Idea (page 49)
    • 5. Bridges for Private Advantage (page 61)
    • 6. The Structure of Medieval Bridges to ca. 1250 (page 73)
  • III. FROM CA. 1250 TO CA. 1500: BRIDGES AS PUBLIC WORKS
    • 7. Financing Bridges: Governmental Assistance (ca. 1250-ca. 1350) (page 91)
    • 8. Financing Bridges: A Problem in Maintenance (ca. 1350-ca. 1500) (page 105)
    • 9. The Appearance of Medieval Bridges (ca. 1250-ca. 1500) (page 123)
  • IV. THE BUILDERS AND THEIR BRIDGES
    • 10. Bridge Construction and Bridgebuilders (page 143)
    • 11. The Versatility of Medieval Bridges (page 159)
  • Appendix: List of Medieval French Bridges (page 171)
  • List of Abbreviations (page 197)
  • Bibliography (page 201)
  • Index (page 227)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
ISIS 69.3 (Sep. 1978): 455-456 http://www.jstor.org/stable/231068
SP 53.3 (Jul. 1978): 563 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2855149
TC 19.2 (Apr. 1978): 212-214 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3103725
AHR 83.1 (Feb. 1978): 146-147 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1865927
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