Obligation to host

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Obligation to host refers to the obligation existing in the Middle Ages to provide accommodation to members of the royal court ("royal guest "), church or territorial rulers, or to meet their entitlement to accommodation . The counterpart to the obligation to host is the right of lodging . The terms hospitality or hospitality obligation are narrower than the term servitium ( royal service ), which also includes other services.

The obligation to host is closely related to the medieval travel kingdom . Since the rulers usually did not have a permanent residence, but regulated the affairs of the manor in changing palaces , it was of great importance to guarantee accommodation and security for the rulers and their entourage who were passing through . You concerned u. a. episcopal institutions, monasteries, cities and castles. Refusing the obligation to host was a heavily punished offense and in the late Middle Ages it was increasingly used by cities and sovereigns as a means of exerting pressure on the politically weakening kingship.

As a rule, the Jewish population was exempt from the obligation to host.

See also

literature

  • John William Bernhardt: Fodrum, Gistum, Servitium Regis . In: John M. Jeep (Ed.): Medieval Germany. To Encyclopedia. Garland, New York and London 2001, ISBN 0-8240-7644-3 , pp. 227-228.
  • Carlrichard Brühl : Fodrum, Gistum, Servitium regis. Studies on the economic foundations of kingship in the Franconian Empire and in the Frankish successor states of Germany, France and Italy from the 6th to the middle of the 14th century. Böhlau, Cologne and Graz 1968.
  • Caroline Göldel: Servitium regis and table goods directory. Investigations into the economic and constitutional history of the German monarchy in the 12th century. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1997, ISBN 3-7995-2416-9 ( studies on legal, economic and cultural history. Vol. 16).
  • Heinrich von Minnigerode : royal interest, royal court, royal gazing in the old Saxon Freidingrechte. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1928
  • Alois Niederstätter: King's entry and guest house in the late medieval imperial city. In: Detlef Altenburg (Hrsg.): Festivals and celebrations in the Middle Ages. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1991, ISBN 3-7995-5402-5 ( Symposium of the Mediävistenverband. No. 3), pp. 491-500.
  • Bernd Schwenk: Right and obligation to host in the countries of the Aragonese crown during the late Middle Ages. In: Spanish research by the Görres Society. Row 1, Vol. 28, 1975, ISSN  0342-1058 , pp. 229-333.
  • Thomas Szabó: Xenodochia, hospitals and hostels. Ecclesiastical and commercial hospitality in medieval Italy (7th to 14th centuries). In: Hans Conrad Peyer (Ed.): Hospitality, tavern and inn in the Middle Ages. Oldenbourg, Munich and Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-486-51661-2 , pp. 61-92.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the work by Caroline Göldel listed below and the review of the same at: www.koeblergerhard.de