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In 15th-century Europe, black pepper was valuable enough to be used to pay what kind of family financial obligation, alongside jewelry in wills?
Answer
Dowry payments
Black pepper's extraordinary value in medieval Europe meant it could substitute for cash in dowries, with quantities recorded in wills much like precious jewelry.
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Black pepper was so valuable in 15th-century Europe that it served as currency and dowry payment, with quantities listed in wills like precious jewelry.
Other options people guess
- Tax payments
- Guild membership fees
- Church tithes
Topics
- spices
- history
- medieval-europe
- black-pepper
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