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020 $a9780300111996 (alk. paper)
020 $a0300111991 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aTX406$b.F75 2008
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100 1 $aFreedman, Paul,$d1949-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82073505
245 10 $aOut of the East :$bspices and the medieval imagination /$cPaul Freedman.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $ax, 275 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Spices: A Global Commodity -- $g1.$tSpices and Medieval Cuisine -- $g2.$tMedicine: Spices as Drugs -- $g3.$tThe Odors of Paradise -- $g4.$tTrade and Prices -- $g5.$tScarcity, Abundance, and Profit -- $g6.$t"That Damned Pepper": Spices and Moral Danger -- $g7.$tSearching for the Realms of Spices -- $g8.$tFinding the Realms of Spices: Portugal and Spain -- $tConclusion: The Rise and Fall of Spices.
520 1 $a"The demand for spices in medieval Europe was extravagant and was reflected in the pursuit of fashion, the formation of taste, and the growth of luxury trade. It inspired geographical and commercial exploration, as traders pursued such common spices as pepper and cinnamon and rarer aromatic products, including ambergris and musk. Ultimately, the spice quest led to imperial missions that were to change world history." "This book explores the demand for spices: why were they so popular, and why so expensive? 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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSpices$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aSpice trade$xSocial aspects$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aFood habits$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aTrade routes$xHistory$yTo 1500.
651 0 $aEurope$xTerritorial expansion$xHistory$yTo 1500.
852 00 $bglx$hTX406$i.F75 2008
852 00 $bbar$hTX406$i.F75 2008