Crail and its fisheries 1550-1600
Riis, Thomas2016
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Crail is an ancient Scottish trading and fishing burgh, situated in East Fife and outermost edge of the Firth of Forth. Its medieval coat of arms is the earliest depiction of a herring fishing boat in Europe.. In this book, Professor Thomas Riis of the University of Kiel, shows how the fishing operations were organised in the sixteenth century. The dangerous waters off the Northern Isles and in the Minch attracted in the late autumn the fishers of herring and cod from the whole of East Fife, but particularly from Crail. Their financial backers were local merchants, or sometimes capitalists from Edinburgh area: the wood for the barrels was brought to Crail by the coopers directly from Norway and the catch, cured with Scottish or French salt, was often sold in Baltic cities like Danzing.Using the Crail burgh court books, he has reconstructed in remarkable detail the economic ventures of brave and enterprising scots in the century of the reformation.
Main title:
Crail and its fisheries 1550-1600 / Thomas Riis
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Edition:
2016
Imprint:
Strathmarine Press, 2016
Collation:
193p ; 22cm
Contents:
ForewardPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionThe SourcesChapter 1 Getting ReadyChapter 2 The fishing grounds and their seasonsChapter 3 The catch and the quantitiesChapter 4 The reckoningChapter 5 The participants in the fisheriesConclusionsNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
ISBN:
9780995544109 (pbk)
Local class:
L639.2LR639.2
Language:
English
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BRN:
3738316
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