Talk:Mining and metallurgy in medieval Europe

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Added the "tone" template to this page. There's also a couple citations that need to be fixed to match Wikipedia's citation style. Infinifold (talk) 22:23, 24 November 2012 (UTC)Reply

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The original as I found it, read like a bad translation from German. I did not have time to edit this paragraph" The intensified progress and the unprecedented interest in metal production were also reflected in the increase in the number of active mines, and smelting sites (Nef 1987). By the early Middle Ages, the smelting sites did not need to be near the mines. The presence of streams and thick forests and the access to water for generating the wheels and to wood for fuel and building were more critical than ever. Rich silver-bearing ores of Freiberg in Saxony, discovered by accident in the 12th century, rivaled the Rammelsberg production. While until the 11th and 12th centuries, mining took place mainly in the Eastern Alps, during the following period it was also spread to regions of Central Europe. Base metals such as copper, lead, zinc, tin and iron, precious metals (silver and gold) and alloys, such as brass, bronze and pewter were produced in Central Europe. The most famous regions for their metal production are Bohemia, Silesia, Hungary, Upper Harz, the Black Forest, Styria, Saxony, England, France and Spain. While abundant wood resources were provided by the thick woodlands of the Carpathians, the Erzgebirge and the Sudeten Mountains.

Nick Beeson (talk) 02:29, 19 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

An interesting and useful article that needs a lot of editing. The Martinon-Torres book apparently has not been published under the title mentioned (according to Worldcat), though it's now twelve years ago that reference was introduced in the article. So - I hope a knowledgeable medievalist will help out sooner or later. Glatisant (talk) 07:40, 1 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

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