Out of the East spices and the medieval imagination

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Freedman, Paul H.
Other Authors:	Freedman, Paul
Format:	Book
Language:	Undetermined English
Published:	Orient Blackswan 2009
Subjects:	Europe > Territorial expansion > History > To 1500 7015 Food habits > History > To 1500 7016 Spice trade > Social aspects > History > To 1500 7017 Spices > History > To 1500 7018 Trade routes > History > To 1500 7019
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Table of 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 spic