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Out of the East : spices and the medieval imagination / Paul Freedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freedman, Paul, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spices--History--To 1500.
- Spices.
- Spice trade--Social aspects--History--To 1500.
- Spice trade.
- Food habits--History--To 1500.
- Food habits.
- Trade routes--History--To 1500.
- Trade routes.
- Territorial expansion.
- History.
- Social aspects.
- Europe--Territorial expansion--History--To 1500.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- x, 275 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300111996
- 0300111991
- OCLC:
- 169873820
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