Wind and Water: the Medieval Mill

April 16−17, 2006

Organized by The Center for Medieval Studies

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This conference was the basis for the volume
Wind & Water in the Middle Ages (ACMRS, 2006)

Speakers included:

• Steven Bashore, Miller, Stratford Mill, Stratford, VA "Development and Technological Advancements in Wind and Water Mills"           
• Mark Horton, Archaeology, University of Bristol "The Medieval Mill as a Forerunner of the Industrial Revolution"  
• Niall Brady, History and Archaeology, Discovery Programme, Dublin, Ireland "Water and its uses in Late Medieval Ireland, with Particular Reference to Mills and Milling in the Hinterland of Dublin City"  
• Kirk Ambrose, Art History, University of Colorado at Boulder "The 'Mystic Mill' Capital at Vézelay"
• Janet Loengard, Emerita, Medieval English Legal History, Moravian College "Lords' Rights and Neighbours' Nuisances: Mills and Medieval English Law"
• Adam Lucas, History of Technology, University of New South Wales, Australia  "Monastic Innovation or Monastic Oppression? The Role of the Monasteries in the Development of Powered Milling in Medieval England"
• Thomas Glick, History, Boston University "Mills and Millers in Medieval Valencia: The Wheat-Flour-Bread Cycle in the Fifteenth Century"
• Roberta Magnusson, History, University of Oklahoma "Public and Private Urban Hydrology: Water Management in Medieval London"
• D. Fairchild Ruggles, Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Waterwheels and Garden Gizmos: Technology and Illusion in Islamic Landscape"