Spice spices. Spices were among the most demanded and expensive products available in Europe in the Middle Ages, the most common being black pepper, cinnamon (and the cheaper alternative cassia), cumin, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Given medieval medicine's main theory of humorism, spices and herbs were indispensable to balance "humors" in food, a daily basis for good health at a time of recurrent pandemics. In addition to being desired by those using medieval medicine, the European elite also craved spices in the Middle Ages. An example of the European aristocracy's demand for spice comes from the King of Aragon, who invested
Cassia Spohn Cassia Spohn Cassia Cathleen Spohn is a Foundation professor at Arizona State University, where she is also the director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Spohn attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she received her B.A. in journalism and political science in 1973, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science in 1975 and 1978, respectively. Spohn joined the faculty of the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1978 as an assistant professor in the Goodrich Scholarship Program. In 1987, she was appointed a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice there, a position she held until joining