The ancient hotel
How did you develop the hotel business? What were the first hotels? How other civilizations have considered welcoming passengers?
How did you develop the hotel business? What were the first hotels? How other civilizations have considered welcoming passengers?
These numerous historical and cultural issues have been addressed somewhat by the actors of the hotel market as they allow to understand the origins and transformations.Room5 proposes to introduce you in this series of articles the various facets of the hotel, from its beginnings to today.An antique hotel?
Set the firstfruits of the hotel is a relatively difficult year due to the total lack of organized networks of duties between the hotel and the host and simply hotel in the sense of space dedicated to hosting.Yet from the earliest civilizations market has posed the problem of attracting foreign. Came from a neighboring city or remote area, it is mostly officials or merchants with their people and escorts.
Traveling on land or sea, the journey is long, dangerous and requires many stops. Under the Roman empire, a Rome-Athens route (approx. 1050km) across the Adriatic Sea and took ten days clemency elements. A trip between Marseilles and Alexandria (approx. 2540km) took almost a month, then what about the travel from one end to the other of the empire!
Especially as insecurity on land or sea routes, be it criminal with banditry and piracy, or with health epidemics, no incentive to sleep under the stars.Greek trireme boat - Old greek trireme boat on the ocean next to rocks by sunset.
It therefore becomes essential to the prosperity of economic power
centers welcome and especially protect goods, incidentally holders if
possible.This ancient hospitality can be broken into three types of accommodation according to the average traveler.
1. With the host if it is a parent, relative, business partner trust or an influential person.The common practice at the time was to establish an agreement hospitality, friendship and loyalty, which can be transmitted over generations. The material witness this contract is called a tessera, often a token, a stick or tablet engraved identifying the parties and that it broke in two. The owner of one of the pieces, or its progeny, could well claim the right of hospitality thanks to this evidence. The host can not deny him that right without its reputation.One can imagine the surprise of having someone at his door demanding the cottage on the grounds that his ancestors signed a contract hospitality of years ago ...Forum romanum.
1. With the host if it is a parent, relative, business partner trust or an influential person.The common practice at the time was to establish an agreement hospitality, friendship and loyalty, which can be transmitted over generations. The material witness this contract is called a tessera, often a token, a stick or tablet engraved identifying the parties and that it broke in two. The owner of one of the pieces, or its progeny, could well claim the right of hospitality thanks to this evidence. The host can not deny him that right without its reputation.One can imagine the surprise of having someone at his door demanding the cottage on the grounds that his ancestors signed a contract hospitality of years ago ...Forum romanum.
2. In the shrines and temples.
At first place of refuge and protection for the poor and oppressed, places of worship are adapting more and more to a shopping population. Their pregnant welcome caravans and allow traders to put their tents.
Hospitality is still covered by the right to asylum, but it is not excluded that a generous offering to the temple can facilitate the stay of the caravan.
At first place of refuge and protection for the poor and oppressed, places of worship are adapting more and more to a shopping population. Their pregnant welcome caravans and allow traders to put their tents.
Hospitality is still covered by the right to asylum, but it is not excluded that a generous offering to the temple can facilitate the stay of the caravan.
3. In the taverns, inns and taverns.Rather for a rural or vagrant population, these institutions by their
activities have very bad reputations, but nevertheless offer bedtime.brothels, games and grabbed the fairs, it is quite risky to linger for the night.The reason is that other guests or simply the tenant may have rough hands and sharpened blade. The code of Roman laws imposing among other hosts to protect their
customers and luggage under pain of severe penalties, was in this sense a
real revolution.
With the continuous development of market towns, hotels adapts and structure. The hereditary hospitality law is gradually abandoned because it is too demanding on the time and impose a reciprocity.Travelers looking increasingly ephemeral hosting service and safe, constituting a single step in their journey. The wealthy still have no trouble staying with their peers, synonymous with trade and influence.As for places of worship, they still practice the right of asylum, which would later play a crucial role in the development of Christianity by welcoming pilgrims and Crusaders.
Happy constant of history, it is still possible to get invited and hosted in family and friends!
With the continuous development of market towns, hotels adapts and structure. The hereditary hospitality law is gradually abandoned because it is too demanding on the time and impose a reciprocity.Travelers looking increasingly ephemeral hosting service and safe, constituting a single step in their journey. The wealthy still have no trouble staying with their peers, synonymous with trade and influence.As for places of worship, they still practice the right of asylum, which would later play a crucial role in the development of Christianity by welcoming pilgrims and Crusaders.
Happy constant of history, it is still possible to get invited and hosted in family and friends!
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