SC - Period Recipes

[Peters, Rise J.]

>>Well, _that_ recipe is probably not "period" (if we mean "medieval"),
because as far as I know kidney beans were not available in Europe until
the 16th or 17th century.  However, there are somewhat similar recipes
from medieval Arabic sources, using garbanzo or fava beans.

What other sorts of beans were available in Europe?  (I don't guess I could 
possibly be lucky enough that pinto beans were .... or any kind of "brown 
beans"?)