[Sca-cooks] Fwd: BMR: O'Sullivan, Hospitality in Medieval Ireland (Waters)

[Sandra Kisner]

Here's an excerpt.  I can send the rest to anyone who's interested.  The 
review is actually relatively short for BMR.

Sandra

>O'Sullivan, Catherine Marie, <i>Hospitality in Medieval Ireland,
>900-1500</i>.  Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2004.  Pp. 272. 45 GBP [$55
>USD]. ISBN 1851827455 (hb).
>
>This volume sets out to address hospitality from a number of angles.
>The author addresses the classes of travellers who were entitled to
>hospitality and discusses what each grade could expect in terms of
>food, lodging and treatment as well as discussing who was required to
>supply hospitality and the particular demands placed on certain groups
>such as religious institutions, professional guesthouse keepers and the
>learned classes.  She also addresses the demands hospitality placed on
>households and institutions of varying means.  Additionally, she
>explores the reasons this rigid system of hospitality was in place as
>well as the advantages which the hospitable host could accrue through
>his actions.