| Description |
x, 275 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Spices : a global commodity -- 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 -- Conclusion : The rise and fall of spices. |
| 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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Spices. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Spice trade -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500.
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Spice trade. |
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Social aspects. |
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Food habits -- History -- To 1500.
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Food habits. |
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Trade routes -- History -- To 1500.
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Trade routes. |
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Europe -- Territorial expansion -- History -- To 1500.
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Europe. |
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Territorial expansion. |
| ISBN |
9780300111996 alkaline paper |
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0300111991 alkaline paper |
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