Out of the East : spices and the medieval imagination

Publication Data

• Title Out of the East : spices and the medieval imagination
• Author Paul H. Freedman
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location New Haven, Conn.
• Language English

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.

Topics

• 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
• Europe

Out of the East : spices and the medieval imagination by Paul H. Freedman. ISBN 9780300151350. Published by Yale University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.