| Titre | L'hôtellerie, les hôteliers et hôtelières | |
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| Auteur | Jean-Louis Picherit | |
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Revue | Le Moyen Age |
| Numéro | tome 108, no 2, 2002 | |
| Page | 301-332 | |
| Résumé anglais |
J.L. PICHERIT, Hostelry and inn-keepers in some late medieval works. The present study is about inns or hostels and inn-keepers as represented in the French literature of the late Middle Ages. Inn-keepers' behaviour is often depicted as reprehensible – as evidenced by a number of documents from the time –, but sometimes they are also presented in a favourable light. Some of them display a rather complex personality and play diverse roles. The female inn-keepers are not insignificant characters. They reveal a strong personality and express opinions of their own. Along with lodgings, the hoteliers of the Middle Ages – who often belong to the bourgeoisie and sometimes to the aristocracy – provide a number of additional services (they are bankers, providers of mounts, weapons, etc.). Those hoteliers who are close to the nobility sometimes manage to escape their social condition. Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
