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Medieval people viewed whales in complex and contradictory ways, from marvelous to monstrous to mundane, heaven-sent or hell-bent. Despite this, whales are conspicuous in their absence from most historical and archaeological dialogues on the Middle Ages. Drawing upon a wealth of legal, literary and material evidence, this work details the ways in which whales were sought out and scavenged at sea and shore, fought over in legal and physical battles, and prized for meat, bone and fuel. Using Old Norse sagas, laws and material culture, alongside comparative historical and ethnographic evidence, Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea reexamines the value of whales in the medieval North Atlantic world.

Whaling --- Whales --- History

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Dolphins --- Whales --- Anatomy. --- Delphininae --- Delphinidae --- Cetacea --- Cetaceans --- Cete --- Cetomorpha --- Mammals --- Anatomy

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Portrays the profound impact of world systems on contemporary Greenlandic life, especially whaling.

Inuit --- Whaling --- Baleen whales --- Sustainable fisheries --- Human ecology --- Self-determination, National --- National self-determination --- Nationalism --- Nation-state --- Nationalities, Principle of --- Sovereignty --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Fisheries productivity, Maintenance of long-term --- Fishery yields, Sustainable --- Long-term fisheries productivity, Maintenance of --- Maintenance of long-term fisheries productivity --- Sustainable fishery yields --- Fisheries --- Sustainable aquaculture --- Overfishing --- Mysticeti --- Whalebone whales --- Cetacea --- Whales --- Commercial whaling --- Hunting, Whale --- Whale fisheries --- Whale hunting --- Innuit --- Inupik --- Eskimos --- Fishing --- Government relations. --- Economic conditions. --- Government policy --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Greenland --- Grønland --- Groenlandia --- Grenlandii︠a︡ --- Groilandia --- Grænland --- Groenland --- Kalaallit Nunaat --- Gruntland --- Engronelant --- Engroneland --- Gronlandia --- Grēneland --- Qrenlandiya --- Chhen̳-tē --- Грэнландыя --- Hrėnlandyi︠a︡ --- Grenland --- Greunland --- Гренландия --- Гренланди --- Grenlandi --- Калааллит Нунаат --- Grónsko --- Ynys Las --- Lasynys --- Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah --- Grónlandska --- Gröönimaa --- Γροιλανδία --- Gronlando --- Grenlando --- Grienlân --- Ghraonlainn --- Greenlynn --- Çheer y Sniaghtey --- Grenlandia --- Гринлэндин Арл --- Grinlėndin Arl --- 그린란드 --- Gŭrinlandŭ --- Akukittut --- גרינלנד --- Grinland --- Goronulande --- Grenlande --- Grenlandija --- Groenlandi --- Гренланд --- Groentlālpan --- Gruunlaand --- グリーンランド --- Gurīnrando --- Greenlun --- Griinland --- Verdi-lande --- Гренландий --- Grenlandiĭ --- Gröönland --- Gronelândia --- Groelândia --- Groenlanda --- Kalalit Nunat --- Grunlandya --- Gräinlound --- Groenlannia --- Grynlandyjo --- Grönlanti --- Lupanlunti --- Ґренландія --- Groenlaand --- גרינלאנד --- Grínlándì --- Grenlandėjė --- 格陵兰 --- Gelinglan --- Kalâtdlit-Nunât --- Politics and government.