"Transmarina vel orientalis especies magno labore quaesita, multo predo empta". Especias y Sociedad en el Mediterráneo Noroccidental en el siglo XII

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  • Antonio Riera i Melis Universidad de Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/aem.2000.v30.i2.485

Abstract


During the 12th century, spices were known and appreciated in Catalonia and Languedoc by a great part of society. The success of spices was a result of their organoleptic qualities, their dietetic virtues and their exoticism due to their remote origin. To have pepper, ginger or cloves became a sign of distinction and good taste. In the central centuries of the Middle Ages, oriental seasonings had a social and cultural role much more important than it has been thought.

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Published

2000-12-31

How to Cite

Riera i Melis, A. (2000). "Transmarina vel orientalis especies magno labore quaesita, multo predo empta". Especias y Sociedad en el Mediterráneo Noroccidental en el siglo XII. Anuario De Estudios Medievales, 30(2), 1015–1087. https://doi.org/10.3989/aem.2000.v30.i2.485

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Monographies