Provision and consumption of fish in a catalan inland city during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth centuries: the case of Lleida

This article explores the different supply methods of fish to an inland city in Catalonia. We have focused on Lleida, an inland city of the Crown of Aragon located at the confluence between Catalonia and Aragon. Although it is not near the sea, it is surrounded by rivers and canals which were also an important source of fish. What happened in Lleida is compared with other nearby towns such as Balaguer and La Seu d’Urgell as well as other areas like the middle part of the river Ebro. The article tackles the problem of which fish were consumed —marine and fresh water species—, the routes used to supply sea fish to the western Catalan inland cities and the principal fishing techniques practiced in rivers, lakes and canals