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9780802078537 English, Spanish 0802078532 An edition and translation of three late medieval tracts on fishing: How to Catch a Fish (Heidelberg, 1493); Tegernsee Fishing Advice (Bavaria, ca. 1500); and Dialogue Between a Hunter and a Fisher by the Aragonese Fernando Basurto (1539)., Fishers' Craft and Lettered Artprovides 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 Artis a fascinating look at one vital aspect of everyday life at the end of the Middle Ages.
9780802078537 English, Spanish 0802078532 An edition and translation of three late medieval tracts on fishing: How to Catch a Fish (Heidelberg, 1493); Tegernsee Fishing Advice (Bavaria, ca. 1500); and Dialogue Between a Hunter and a Fisher by the Aragonese Fernando Basurto (1539)., Fishers' Craft and Lettered Artprovides 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 Artis a fascinating look at one vital aspect of everyday life at the end of the Middle Ages.