Freedman, Paul,  1949- <br/><br/>
Out of the East :  spices and the medieval imagination / 
Paul Freedman. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New Haven ;  Hyderabad :  Yale University Press,  Orient Blackswan Private Limited,  2009. 
 - x, 275 p. :  ill., map ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788125036852 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007036412 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA813079  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014507807  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Spices--History--To 1500.<br/>Spice trade--Social aspects--History--To 1500.<br/>Food habits--History--To 1500.<br/>Trade routes--History--To 1500.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Territorial expansion--History--To 1500.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>641.3383  / FRE