Out of the East : spices and the medieval imagination /
Out of the East : Spices and the mediaeval imagination
Paul Freedman.
- x, 275 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index.
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.