The Wine Trade in Medieval Europe 1000-1500

Description

Wine has held its place for centuries at the heart of social and cultural life in western Europe. This book explains how and why this came about, providing a thematic history of wine and the wine trade in Europe in the middle ages from c.1000 to c.1500. Wine was one of the earliest commodities to be traded across the whole of western Europe and through the examination of its production, distribution and consumption, Susan Rose here provides telling insights into the culltural, social and religious history of Europe at the time.

Susan Rose was Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University, UK, and is now retired. She is the author of The Medieval Sea and Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500.

Rose provides a good balance of information, taking into account the limitations of the sources and including several interesting details, such as on particular wines, monopolies and corruption stories in the quest to control and profit from one of the most traded commodities in Europe by the 11th century. The book constitutes overall a very interesting read. -- Alexandra Livarda * Medieval Archaeology * Susan Rose's book provides a useful overview of what was one of the most important high-volume trades of the Middle Ages, concerning a product which was one of the most culturally significant of the age. -- Alban Gautier, Universite du Littoral Cote d'Opale, FR * Journal of Wine Reseach *