Fishers' craft and lettered art : tracts on fishing from the end of the Middle Ages / Richard C. Hoffmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffmann, Richard C. (Richard Charles), 1943- author.

Contributor:

Hoffmann, Richard C., Editor.

Series:

Toronto medieval texts and translations ; 12.

Toronto Medieval Texts and Translations ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishing--Europe.

Fishing.

Fishing--Europe--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art provides editions, English translations, and analysis from social, cultural, and environmental perspectives of the three oldest European extended tracts on fishing. Richard Hoffmann discusses the history of fishing in popular culture and outlines the economic and ecologic considerations needed to examine and understand the fishing manuals. Hoffmann further explores how continental fishing traditions were conveyed from oral craft practice into printed culture, and proposes that these manuals demonstrate a lively and complex interaction between written texts and popular culture. The tracts are presented in their original languages - Spanish and German - with facing page translations. Close attention is paid to original setting, functions, and possible range of readings, with detailed explanatory notes to help modern fishers and historians.Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art is a fascinating look at one vital aspect of everyday life at the end of the Middle Ages.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

About the Citations and Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

1. The Heidelberg Booklet of 1493 and the Market for Information

2. 'How to Catch Fish'

3. A Collection of Popular Wisdom from Tegernsee Abbey

4. Tegernsee Fishing Advice/ ca 1500

5. Literary Performance and the Fisher's Sport in Basurto's Dialogo

6. Fernando Basurto 'Dialogue between a Hunter and a Fisher' Zaragoza, 1539

7. Letters, Craft, and Mind

Epilogue: Looking Back to England

Appendix 1. Some Fishes of European Fresh Waters

Appendix 2. Previous Modern Editions of and Commentaries on the Fish-Catching Tracts

Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-8678-7

1-281-99744-7

9786611997441

1-4426-7492-X

OCLC:

944178189