Out of the East Spices and the Medieval Imagination
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,...
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| Jazyk: | English |
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New York
Yale University Press
2008
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| ISBN: | 9780300111996, 0300111991 |
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- Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION: Spices: A Global Commodity -- ONE: Spices and Medieval Cuisine -- TWO: Medicine: Spices as Drugs -- THREE: The Odors of Paradise -- FOUR: Trade and Prices -- FIVE: Scarcity, Abundance, and Profit -- SIX: "That Damned Pepper": Spices and Moral Danger -- SEVEN: Searching for the Realms of Spices -- EIGHT: Finding the Realms of Spices: Portugal and Spain -- CONCLUSION: The Rise and Fall of Spices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z