How were fishponds introduced,
farmed and spread in Scandinavia and
the Baltic Region in early modern
times? What was their economic,
social and religious importance?
Which fish species were significant
and why?
This book uncovers a long, now
broken, tradition that barely left
traces in the written record or
physical environment. Its broad and
multidisciplinary scope highlights
the situation from medieval times
until the late nineteenth century.
Besides Scandinavia and the Baltic
States, insights from England are
also introduced.
Several socio-cultural domains have
been identified: late medieval
monastic fishponds; late medieval
aristocratic fishponds associated
with castles and manors; seventeenth
and eighteenth century ponds rectory
ponds as well as urban ponds from
the seventeenth century to the
nineteenth century.