TY - BOOK AU - Freedman,Paul TI - Out of the East: spices and the medieval imagination SN - 0300111991 AV - TX406 F75 2008 U1 - 641.3383 22 PY - 2008///] CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Spices KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Spice trade KW - Social aspects KW - Food habits KW - Trade routes KW - Europe KW - Territorial expansion N1 - 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 ER -