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Initiativtagarna till teknikspridning under tidig medeltid, med utgångspunkt i Sydskandinavien och vattenmöllor

Brink, Kristoffer LU (2011) ARKM01 20111
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Archaeology
Abstract
The aim for this thesis is to investigate the introduction of the watermills in Scandinavia. The
major question is “Did the Cistercian monks introduce the mills in Scandinavia?”. The
traditional view is that so is the case, the Cistercian monks introduced almost all new
technology during the medieval times. But during the last decades some investigations have
shown that this is exaggerated in the case of iron making and agriculture. And because of this
I thought it would be interesting to undertake an investigation of there involvement in the
spread of watermill. And according to my studies it is highly unlikely that the Cistercians took
the watermills to Scandinavia. It is although possible that other monasteries were introducer
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The aim for this thesis is to investigate the introduction of the watermills in Scandinavia. The
major question is “Did the Cistercian monks introduce the mills in Scandinavia?”. The
traditional view is that so is the case, the Cistercian monks introduced almost all new
technology during the medieval times. But during the last decades some investigations have
shown that this is exaggerated in the case of iron making and agriculture. And because of this
I thought it would be interesting to undertake an investigation of there involvement in the
spread of watermill. And according to my studies it is highly unlikely that the Cistercians took
the watermills to Scandinavia. It is although possible that other monasteries were introducer
of the watermill. But I argue for that the aristocratic had a great influence on the spread of
technology. (Less)
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author
Brink, Kristoffer LU
supervisor
organization
course
ARKM01 20111
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
diffusion, spridning, mölla, kvarn, Cistercienser
language
Swedish
id
1967435
date added to LUP
2011-06-09 11:06:32
date last changed
2011-06-09 11:09:59
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  abstract     = {{The aim for this thesis is to investigate the introduction of the watermills in Scandinavia. The
major question is “Did the Cistercian monks introduce the mills in Scandinavia?”. The
traditional view is that so is the case, the Cistercian monks introduced almost all new
technology during the medieval times. But during the last decades some investigations have
shown that this is exaggerated in the case of iron making and agriculture. And because of this
I thought it would be interesting to undertake an investigation of there involvement in the
spread of watermill. And according to my studies it is highly unlikely that the Cistercians took
the watermills to Scandinavia. It is although possible that other monasteries were introducer
of the watermill. But I argue for that the aristocratic had a great influence on the spread of
technology.}},
  author       = {{Brink, Kristoffer}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Initiativtagarna till teknikspridning under tidig medeltid, med utgångspunkt i Sydskandinavien och vattenmöllor}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}