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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Christopher Crockett wrote: > From: John Briggs > > no question about it, water was preferred. > > in the case of Bercheres stone, carting it the km or so to the river at > Morancez and loading it onto barges, floating it downstream to the City, > and offloading it for use at sites *down in the valley* was certainly a > possibility (at least so it appears, from my comfortable armchair > view). > > but hauling it up the hill, through the town, to the cathedral seems to be > enough of a task to obviate the laborsaving achieved by using the water > route. What is the distance? A shortish distance uphill is something that you can throw labour at - and still be cheaper than a longer distance overland. The final carving could have been done at the bottom of the hill and the finished stone transported up the hill. >> As late as the eighteenth century, the British Admiralty gave >> instructions that timber was not to be cut further than 10 miles from a >> navigable waterway. There are alleged to be still "Admiralty >> Plantations" in Sussex that were bought up at a time of panic over timber >> shortage - but it was found cheaper to transport it from the Baltic or >> North America. > > yes, just as the U.S. regime is discovering as we speak, it takes an > Empire to support a decent Navy. Maybe - but the point I was making was that land transport of more than 10 miles was more expensive than a transatlantic crossing. John Briggs ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html