TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fagan,Brian M.
TI  - Fish on Friday: feasting, fasting, and the discovery of the New World 
SN  - 0465022847
AV  - SH219 .F34 2006
U1  - 639.22097 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Fish as food
KW  - History
KW  - North America
KW  - Discovery and exploration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-324) and index; Preface --; Author's note --; Recipes --; Timeline of major events --; pt. 1; The great atonement --; 1; The big fish --; 2; Mortification of the flesh --; pt. 2; The fish industry is born --; 3; "By the aid of God's grace" --; 4; Salt upon salt : preserving the catch --; 5; Gadus Morhua --; 6; The Northmen --; 7; The ant of the sea --; 8; The power of invention --; 9; The carp bubble --; 10; The sin of gluttony --; 11; The boat lost to history --; 12; The rise and fall of the Icelandic fishery --; pt. 3; Discovery --; 13; "Serche & fynde a certain isle" --; 14; A new found lande --; pt. 4; Harvest and settlement --; 15; The migrant fishery --; 16; "Great store of cod-fish" --; 17; Puritans and Cains --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Recipe references --; Index
N2  - "Fish on Friday tells a new story of the discovery of America. In Brian Fagan's view, that discovery is the product of the long sweep of history: the spread of Christianity and the radical cultural changes it brought to Europe, the interaction of economic necessity with a changing climate, and generations of unknown fishermen who explored the North Atlantic in the centuries before Columbus. The Church's tradition of not eating meats on holy days created a vast market for fish that could not be fully satisfied by fish farms, better boats, or new preservation techniques. Then, when climate change in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries diminished fish stocks off Norway and Iceland, fishermen were forced to range ever farther to the west - eventually discovering incredibly rich shoals within sight of Newfoundland."--Jacket; "Fish on Friday tells a new story of the discovery of America. In Brian Fagan's view, that discovery is the product of the long sweep of history: the spread of Christianity and the radical cultural changes it brought to Europe, the interaction of economic necessity with a changing climate, and generations of unknown fishermen who explored the North Atlantic in the centuries before Columbus. The Church's tradition of not eating meats on holy days created a vast market for fish that could not be fully satisfied by fish farms, better boats, or new preservation techniques. Then, when climate change in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries diminished fish stocks off Norway and Iceland, fishermen were forced to range ever farther to the west - eventually discovering incredibly rich shoals within sight of Newfoundland."--BOOK JACKET
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