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THE WINE TRADE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE 1000–1500 Frontispiece. Th e wine harvest in September from the zodiac section of Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. Th e wine is being harvested outside the walls of the Château de Saumur, in Anjou. Th e grapes are being collected in panniers carried by mules and tubs on the ox cart. Th e Wine Trade In Medieval Europe 1000–1500 Susan Rose Continuum International Publishing Group Th e Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704 London SE1 7NX New York NY 10038 www.continuumbooks.com © Susan Rose, 2011. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission from the publishers. First published 2011 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. EISBN 978-1-4411-4314-3 Designed and typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain For my grandsons, Jacob, Rory, Gabriel and Daniel May you all enjoy the pleasures of wine but avoid its pains. Contents Illustrations ix Maps and Tables xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xiv Introduction xv 1 Roman Beginnings 1 2 Vines and Vineyards 11 3 Regulating the Wine Trade 39 4 Th e Anglo-French Wine Trade 59 5 Other Routes and Other Wines 89 6 Th e Enjoyment of Wine 113 7 Food, Drink and Medicine 133 8 Ritual and Religion 149 Conclusion 165 Notes 169 Further Reading 187 Index 194 Illustrations Frontispiece. Th e wine harvest in September from the zodiac section of Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. ii Figure 1.1 Vine growing in the Bordelais. 2 Figure 1.2 A view over the vineyards near Saint-Emilion which Ausonius felt resembled those along the Moselle. 7 Figure 2.1 Working in the vineyard, picking the grapes. An image from a version printed in Venice of the De Agricultura by Pietro de Crescenzi. 19 Figures 2.2 and 2.3 Treading the grapes and barrel making; woodcuts from a version printed in Speyer in 1492 of Pietro de Crescenzi’s Libri Commodorum Ruralium 20 Figure 2.4 Th e title page of the book on wine by Arnold of Villa Nova printed in Germany in 1519. 23 Figure 2.5 A carved representation of the labour of the month for February, pruning the vines, from Notre Dame, Paris. 24 Figure 3.1 A capital on a pillar in the ruined church of the Abbey of La Sauve Majeure. 45 Figure 3.2 Th e ramparts of Saint-Macaire with the priory church visible in the background. 47 Figure 3.3 Th e bridge over the Dordogne at Libourne. 50 Figure 8.1 Th e Drunkenness of Noah. 156 Figure 8.2 Th e Mystic Winepress. 158

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