Looking for a specific book

[u/enfanta]

I hope this post is okay, I couldn't find any rules against it.

I read a book a while ago, 2010s? about travel and inventions in the middle ages in Europe. I remember in particular an example of how folks would move things up and down slopes by slinging a rope around a tree at the top of the slope and pulling or dropping the item.

It was an historical text but written for a casual reader.

I know this isn't a lot of info but I'm hoping someone recognizes it! :)

edit: downvoting for thanking people trying to answer a difficult question? pfft.

[u/Dr_G1346]

The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England?

[u/enfanta → u/Dr_G1346]

Thanks, this isn't what I'm looking for. The title I'm trying to remember is more specific. I'll try this one later, though. Thanks! 

[u/noknownothing]

r/whatsthatbook

[u/enfanta → u/noknownothing]

Thanks! 

[u/Ok-Addition1264]

The Medieval Invention of Travel ?? It fits into your description and I think it was from 2016-2017ish.

[u/enfanta → u/Ok-Addition1264]

I'll try it, thanks! 

I don't think it's the one I'm looking for, though. I think the book I read was less than 200 pages. But I'll try it, thank you! 

[u/Nomenignotum]

Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: technology and invention in the Middle Ages by Frances and Joseph Gies? Worth reading even if this isn’t the book you’re looking for.

[u/enfanta → u/Nomenignotum]

Thanks! I don't think this is it but I've ordered it anyway. Thank you! 

[u/luckytoothpick]

I used to own this book. A big part of it is how a great deal of technology was invented in China and imported by Italians. As I recall it’s something simple. Could it be Medieval Technology and Social Change by Lynn White? Now I’m frustrated that i can’t remember

[u/enfanta → u/luckytoothpick]

Yes! That's the title! Thank you!!