Food worthy of kings and saints: fish consumption in the medieval monastery Studenica (Serbia)

• Published in: Anthropozoologica
• Main Authors: Živaljević, Ivana, Marković, Nemanja, Maksimovic, Milomir
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Publications Scientifiques Du Museum, Paris, Paris Cedex 05 2019
• Subjects: sturgeons; Studenica Monastery; religious celebrations; Medieval fish trade; ichthyofauna; Lent; The Ramparts; Beluga; Beluga*
• Online Access: http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/316; https://doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v54a16; http://rai.ai.ac.rs/bitstream/id/176/313.pdf

The paper focuses on fish consumption and long-distance fish trade in the medieval monastery Studenica in Serbia, from the perspective of archaeozoology and historical evidence. Medieval written sources on the subject suggest that fish was available primarily to particular social classes - the royal...