| Description |
x, 275 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Paul Freedman surveys the history, geography, economics, and culinary tastes of the Middle Ages to uncover the surprisingly varied ways that spices were put to use--in elaborate medieval cuisine, in the treatment of disease, for the promotion of well-being, and to perfume important ceremonies of the Church. Spices became symbols of beauty, affluence, taste, and grace, Freedman shows, and their expense and fragrance drove the engines of commerce and conquest at the dawn of the modern era. --from publisher description |
| Subject |
Spices -- History -- To 1500.
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Spice trade -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500.
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Food habits -- History -- To 1500.
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Trade routes -- History -- To 1500.
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Europe -- Territorial expansion -- History -- To 1500.
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| ISBN |
9780300111996 (alk. paper) |
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0300111991 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000042186593 |
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NLGGC 308070658 |
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NZ1 11673047 |
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