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Subject: Re: dark ages book
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john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> wrote:
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Machine-Industrial-Revolution-Middle/dp/0140045147/ref=sr_1_1?s=books
> 
> Cool book. Actually, a lot happened in the middle ages. Architecture,
> engineering,  agricuture, machines, clocks, compasses, math, the
> beginnings of real science.
> 
> This is well researched and well written. The author preaches a bit in
> the preface and epilogue, to the effect that at the time of writing
> (1977!) most everything has been invented and progress was mostly
> over.
> 
> My copy was dumped by the UWE Redland library in Bristol England. It
> hadn't been checked out much.
> 
> 

Thanks. I always thought “dark ages” more truthfully relates more to our
present day lack of knowledge of that epoch rather than their lack of
knowledge back then!


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piglet