Out of the East : spices and the medieval imagination

Out of the East : spices and the medieval imagination / Paul Freedman ; designed by Nancy Ovedovitz.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freedman, Paul, 1949- (Author)
Other Authors: Ovedovitz, Nancy (Designer)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Connecticut] ; London [England] : Yale University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
To 1500
Spices > History > To 1500.
Spice trade > Social aspects > History > To 1500.
Food habits > History > To 1500.
Trade routes > History > To 1500.
Food habits
Spices
Territorial expansion
Trade routes
History.
Europe > Territorial expansion > History > To 1500.
Europe
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Spices and medieval cuisine
  • Medicine : spices as drugs
  • The odors of paradise
  • Trade and prices
  • Scarcity, abundance, and profit
  • "That damned pepper" : spices and moral danger
  • Searching for the realms of spices
  • Finding the realms of spices : Portugal and Spain.

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