Monstrous fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea: whaling in the medieval North Atlantic
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1. Verfasser: Szabo, Vicki Ellen (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Brill 2008
Schriftenreihe:Northern world v. 35
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Beschreibung: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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-317) and index
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
Medieval people viewed whales in complex and contradictory ways, as marvelous, monstrous or mundane, heaven-sent or hell-bent
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 326 pages)
ISBN:9789047432418
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