Spice: The History of a Temptation. Jack Turner

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      SPICE

       The History of a Temptation

       JACK TURNER

       DEDICATION

       To Helena

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

Dedication

Maps

Spices in The Age of Discovery

Columbus’s Conception of The Atlantic And The Indies

Vasco Da Gama’s Route, 1497–1499

Route of Magellan’s Circumnavigation, 1519–1522

Introduction: The Idea of Spice

Part I: The Spice Race

1: The Spice-Seekers

The Taste that Lavinched a Thousand Ships

Christians and Spices

Debate and Stryfe Betwene the Spanyardes and Portugales

The Scent of Paradise

Part II: Palate

2: Ancient Appetites

The Aromanauts

Of Spiced Parrot and Stuffed Dormice

Spice for Trimalchio

       Decline, Fall, Survival

       3: Medieval Europe

       Flavours of Cockayne

       Salt, Maggots and Rot?

       The Regicidal Lamprey and the Deadly Beaver

       Keeping up with the Percys

       Part III: Body

       4: The Spice of Life

       The Pharaoh’s Nose

       Abbot Eberhard’s Complaint

       Pox, Pestilence and Pomanders

       5: The Spice of Love

       Whan Tendre Youthe Hath Wedded Stoupyng Age

       Hot Stuff

       Spice Girls

       Afterword, or How to Make a Small Penis Splendid

       Part IV: Spirit

       6: Food of the Gods

       Holy Smoke

       God’s Nostrils

       Odours of Sanctity

       Old Age, New Age

       7: Some Like it Bland

       St Bernard’s Family Tiff

       Filthy Lucre

       Epilogue: The End of the Spice Age

       Sources and Bibliography

       Index

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       Praise

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       MAPS

Spices in The Age of Discovery