Book contents
- The Catch
- Studies in Environment and History
- The Catch
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Additional material
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography
- Introduction
- 1 “Natural” Aquatic Ecosystems around Late Holocene Europe
- 2 Protein, Penance, and Prestige
- 3 Take and Eat
- 4 Master Artisans and Local Markets
- 5 Aquatic Systems under Stress, c. 1000–1350
- 6 Cultural Responses to Scarcities of Fish
- 7 Going beyond Natural Local Ecosystems, I
- 8 Going beyond Natural Local Ecosystems, II
- 9 Last Casts
- Appendix A Glossary of European Fishes Named in This Book
- References
- Index
9 - Last Casts
Two Perspectives on Past Environmental Relations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2023
Book contents
- The Catch
- Studies in Environment and History
- The Catch
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Additional material
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography
- Introduction
- 1 “Natural” Aquatic Ecosystems around Late Holocene Europe
- 2 Protein, Penance, and Prestige
- 3 Take and Eat
- 4 Master Artisans and Local Markets
- 5 Aquatic Systems under Stress, c. 1000–1350
- 6 Cultural Responses to Scarcities of Fish
- 7 Going beyond Natural Local Ecosystems, I
- 8 Going beyond Natural Local Ecosystems, II
- 9 Last Casts
- Appendix A Glossary of European Fishes Named in This Book
- References
- Index
Summary
The concluding chapter reiterates discovery of medieval fisheries as a series of interlocking specific experiences of cultural interaction with aquatic nature and the underlying importance in those narratives of drivers both cultural and natural in origin. It then turns to implications which arise when contradictory medieval legacies of overexploitation, recognition of limits, expectation of human control, and belief that abundance always lies just beyond physical or technological frontiers are viewed from the perspective of a present-day global fisheries crisis.
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- The CatchAn Environmental History of Medieval European Fisheries, pp. 403 - 414Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023