Medieval eels and Englishness

Eels were a mainstay of the economy in the Middle Ages, and also a part of the developing English identity, as John Wyatt Greenlee explains

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Published: September 30, 2020 at 12:26 pm

Eels were a mainstay of the economy in the Middle Ages, and also a part of the developing English identity. Dr John Wyatt Greenlee explains why the fish mattered so much.

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