Medieval Tag

Sugar making in Sicily. From an engraving by Filippo Galle Harlem (1537-1612) reproducing a drawing by the painter Giovanni Stradano (Hans von der Straat) of Bruges (1636-1605). © The Trustees of the British Museum.

September 7, 2022

Medieval Sugar Production in the Southern Levant: A Sweet Story

September 2022 | Vol. 10.9 By Richard Jones The arrival of sugar into the Near East is well known in outline: the technical ability to make a crude crystalline sweet from sugar can