Offers a comprehensive introduction to medieval science, presented in the context of an historical narrative.

The scientists of the twelfth century were daring, original, inventive, and above all determined to discover purely rational explanations of natural phenomena.

This 1997 book views the substantive achievements of the Middle Ages as they relate to early modern science.

In this book, sixteen leading scholars address themselves to providing as full an account of medieval science as current knowledge permits. Designed to be intro

Includes The economic foundations of medieval society, The rise of a money economy, The chronology of labour services and The charters of the villeins.