Os marginais no Portugal medievo. Comportamentos anti-sociais perante as normas de hospitalidade

Abstract

The study of the lodgings in Medieval Portugal is intimately related to the problem of the right of the privileged classes to have residential facilities at the cost of the less favoured social groups who became victims of the abuses of those who moved around the country performing public service. There were constant complaints presented to the royal court, but despite apparent solutions, no significant change was felt. Abuses of privacy of families and persons, disrespect towards women and children, continued to be a stark reality of social marginalization in the Portuguese medieval society.