List of Illustrations; Maps; Chronology; Acknowledgements; Introduction Mundane and Marvelous Whales in the Mead-Dark Sea; Chapter One Medieval Perceptions of the Natural World; Chapter Two Whales and Whaling from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages; Chapter Three Whales and North Atlantic Ecology; Chapter Four Whalers and North Atlantic Ethnography; Chapter Five Archaeological Approaches to North Atlantic Whale Use; Chapter Six From Krakens to Fish Drivers: Monstrous Fishes in North Atlantic History and Literature
Summary
Medieval people viewed whales in complex and contradictory ways, as marvelous, monstrous or mundane, heaven-sent or hell-bent
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-317) and index
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