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Author Freedman, Paul H., 1949-
Title Out of the East : spices and the medieval imagination / Paul Freedman.
Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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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.
Subject Spices -- History -- To 1500.
Spice trade -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500.
Food habits -- History -- To 1500.
Trade routes -- History -- To 1500.
Europe -- Territorial expansion -- History -- To 1500.
LCCN 2007036412
ISBN 9780300111996 (alk. paper)
0300111991 (alk. paper)
Call No. JFE 08-6124
Research Call Number JFE 08-6124