Medieval Ships and ShippingLeicester University Press, 1997 - 219 pages In medieval Europe, water transport was paramount, on inland waterways, along the coast and overseas. In the period covered here (1000-1500) many important ports were developed, shipbuilding designs and techniques changed - as didi navigation - and international traffic flourished. All these changes are described and placed in their social and economic context in this comprehensive synthesis. |
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Page 96
... Stone was carried in blocks . The cost of stone lay mainly in transport , with the carriage cost perhaps twice the price of the stone at the quarry , but it was no more expensive to import stone from Caen to London than to carry it ...
... Stone was carried in blocks . The cost of stone lay mainly in transport , with the carriage cost perhaps twice the price of the stone at the quarry , but it was no more expensive to import stone from Caen to London than to carry it ...
Page 138
... stone ' , repeatedly dashing it into the water to frighten back the fish that attempted to break out of the still ... stone from Seaford ( figure 8.6a ) would serve very well as a ' bully stone ' . Anchor stones are also found in inland ...
... stone ' , repeatedly dashing it into the water to frighten back the fish that attempted to break out of the still ... stone from Seaford ( figure 8.6a ) would serve very well as a ' bully stone ' . Anchor stones are also found in inland ...
Page 218
... stone shot , 159 , 161 , 162 stone - throwing engines , 146 stowage , 89 , 93 , 102 Stralsund , 72 Studland Bay wreck , 49 , 81 , 90 , 95 , 161 sturgeon , 129 styves , 112 Suffolk , 44 , 51 , 137 , 144 , 171 , 178 Sun and Topping's ...
... stone shot , 159 , 161 , 162 stone - throwing engines , 146 stowage , 89 , 93 , 102 Stralsund , 72 Studland Bay wreck , 49 , 81 , 90 , 95 , 161 sturgeon , 129 styves , 112 Suffolk , 44 , 51 , 137 , 144 , 171 , 178 Sun and Topping's ...
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