Welcome to the weblog about research into the late medieval and early modern international trade on the North Atlantic islands. It investigates the economic and cultural connections of merchants from Northern German cities, such as Bremen and Hamburg with the North Atlantic islands of Iceland, Shetland and Faroe during the 15th to 17th centuries. The research is based at the German Maritime Museum (Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum) in Bremerhaven in cooperation with the University of Highlands and Islands in Orkney. The research is carried out by four team members, each with their individual research objectives and disciplinary background. With this blog we want to provide information about the current state of our research, and create a platform to make available results and new knowledge. Read more...
This is the publication related to a presentation held under the same title by Hans Christian Küchelmann at the conference “Leben in der mittelalterlichen Stadt. Neue archäobiologische Forschungen” [About the Hanseatic Supply of medieval and early modern Towns with Stockfish] organised by the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Berlin at the 29th of November 2019.
The article has been published in December 2023 and is now available online.
Reference: Küchelmann, Hans Christian (2023): „Men schall ock berger, yslander, und hidlander vysch, elcken under synen namen unde vor syne werde, vorkopen“. Zur hansischen Versorgung mittelalterlicher und frühneuzeitlicher Städte mit Stockfisch. in: Benecke, Norbert (Hrsg.): Leben in der mittelalterlichen Stadt. Neue archäobiologische Forschungen, Archäometrische Studien 2, 111-158, Berlin
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