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

The demand for spices in medieval Europe was huge, and inspired geographical and commercial exploration as traders pursued pepper, cinnamon, ambergris etc. Ultimately, the spice quest led to imperial missions that would change the world forever. This book not only looks at the trade, but at the uses...

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主要作者: Freedman, Paul, 1949- (Author)
其他作者: Ovedovitz, Nancy (Designer)
格式: 電子書
語言:English
出版: New Haven [Connecticut] ; London [England] : Yale University Press, 2008.
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書本目錄:
  • 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.