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[[File:Le livre des merveilles de Marco Polo-pepper.jpg|thumb|left|"The Mullus" harvesting pepper. Illustration from a French edition of ''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]''.]] | [[File:Le livre des merveilles de Marco Polo-pepper.jpg|thumb|left|"The Mullus" harvesting pepper. Illustration from a French edition of ''[[Wikipedia:The Travels of Marco Polo|The Travels of Marco Polo]]''.]] | ||
Spices were among the most demanded and expensive products available in Europe in the [[Middle Ages]], | Spices were among the most demanded and expensive products available in Europe in the [[Wikipedia:Middle Ages|Middle Ages]], the most common being [[black pepper]], [[cinnamon]] (and the cheaper alternative [[Cinnamomum aromaticum|cassia]]), [[cumin]], [[nutmeg]], [[ginger]] and [[cloves]]. Given medieval medicine's main theory of [[Wikipedia:humorism|humorism]], spices and herbs were indispensable to balance "humors" in food, a daily basis for good health at a time of recurrent [[Wikipedia:pandemic|pandemic]]s. In addition to being desired by those using [[Medieval medicine of Western Europe|medieval medicine]], the European elite also craved spices in the Middle Ages, believing spices to be from and a connection to "paradise". An example of the European aristocracy's demand for spice comes from the [[Wikipedia:King of Aragon|King of Aragon]], who invested substantial resources into bringing back spices to [[Wikipedia:Spain|Spain]] in the 12th century. He was specifically looking for spices to put in [[Wikipedia:wine|wine]], and was not alone among [[:en:European Monarchs|European monarchs]] at the time to have such a desire for spice. |