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Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination
Paul Freedman
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| #452128 in Books | 2009-03-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .70 x5.60 x9.20l,.85 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Great book for any novice historion.|By Kris|A great book with all the background you could ever need about the Spice Trade. Really great overview of how it shaped our modern world. I learned a lot that I don't think I would have come across had I not read this book. There are some very cool spice-laden recipes from the Middle Ages in the pages that I would love to try. It's in||
“A classic study of the spice trade as it affected taste and status in European culture.”—Jane Kramer, New Yorker| | “Food culture [is] the engine of his 2008 book, “Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagi
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, including ambergris and musk. Ultimately, the spice quest led to imperial missions that were to change worl...
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