"Carpes por le duc ...". The operation of fish ponds at Laperrière-sur-Saone, Burgundy, 1338-1352

Abstract

Archaeozoological and historical investigations on the role played by ?shing activities in the past are, to a large extent, complementary with archaeologists concentrating on “post-consumption” evidence and economic historians concentrating on “pre-consumption” (i.e. production and distribution) data. In order to exemplify such statement, the present paper discusses, from the standpoint of strictly documentary records, one of the most emblematic enterprises of medieval fish production systems, the operation of ?sh ponds, in one of the most emblematic regions of medieval Europe, the dukedom of Burgundy (France).