Title Monstrous fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea : whaling in the medieval North Atlantic / by Vicki Ellen Szabo

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The Northern world, 1569-1462 ; v. 35 Northern world ; v. 35. Contents List of Illustrations; Maps; Chronology; Acknowledgements; Introduction Mundane and Marvelous Whales in the Mead-Dark Sea; Chapter One Medieval Perceptions of the Natural World; Chapter Two Whales and Whaling from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages; Chapter Three Whales and North Atlantic Ecology; Chapter Four Whalers and North Atlantic Ethnography; Chapter Five Archaeological Approaches to North Atlantic Whale Use; Chapter Six From Krakens to Fish Drivers: Monstrous Fishes in North Atlantic History and Literature Summary Medieval people viewed whales in complex and contradictory ways, as marvelous, monstrous or mundane, heaven-sent or hell-bent Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-317) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Whaling -- North Atlantic Region -- History -- To 1500 Whales -- North Atlantic Region -- History -- To 1500 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Fisheries & Aquaculture. Whales Whaling Walfang Valfångst -- historia -- Norden -- före 1500. Valfångst -- historia -- Brittiska öarna -- före 1500. North Atlantic Region Atlantischer Ozean -- Nord Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9789047432418 904743241X

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