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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825486803321

Autore

Freedman Paul <1949->

Titolo

Out of the East : spices and the medieval imagination / / Paul Freedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

0-300-21131-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

641.3383

Soggetti

Spice trade - Social aspects - History - To 1500

Trade routes - History - To 1500

Food habits - History - To 1500

Spices - History - To 1500

Europe Territorial expansion History To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.