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Le sucre

Production, commercialisation et usages dans la Méditerranée médiévale
  • Mohamed Ouerfelli
Language: French
Published/Copyright: 2008
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The following study analyses the factors behind the spread of sugar cane from the East to the West, the geography of its establishment in the Mediterranean era and reconstitutes the processes of sugar production and the organisation of work in the plantations and medieval sugar factories. It questions the quality of sugar produced and the evolution of prices of this commodity. It establishes the conditions of its transport and trade. Finally, it studies the different uses of sugar, including in medicins and diets. Sugar was triumphant as a food stuff and became an indispensable ingredient in the confectionery and pastry, which decorated the tables of the royal courts. It remained a luxury product reserved for the high society.

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Mohamed Ouerfelli, Ph. D. (2006) in medieval History, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, is associate professor at the University of Provence. He studies diplomatic and commercial relationships in the medieval Mediterranean.

Reviews

"ein hochwillkommenes Referenzwerk zu einem der wichtigesten ma. Handelsgüter"
K.B., Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters, 65,1 (2009), 366-7
"...Ces remarques et questions n’affectent pas la qualité générale de l’ouvrage et témoignent au contraire de l’intérêt qu’il suscite. Il devrait en effet rapidement s’imposer comme référence incontournable pour tout sujet relatif au sucre au Moyen Âge. Il permet enfin de mesurer l’ancienneté de logiques spéculatives d’une troublante actualité, provoquant déjà des crises aiguës, et de certains mécanismes essentiels qui déboucheront à terme sur notre économie mondialisée."
Damien Coulon, Université de Strasbourg, Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez. Nouvelle série, 40 (1), 2010, pp. 242-245.

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October 31, 2007
eBook ISBN:
9789047431817
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825
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