Gesinde
With that Gesinde it concerned special Dienstboten of the and/or. Property gentleman, they were committed which in relation to to domestic works.
The origin of the term lies in Oldhigh-German: "gisind" = Gefolgsmann, D. h. in the actual sense "that, which has the same way".
One speaks for the distinction of the unmarried Hausgesinde with and Food supply and the married Deputatgesinde with Indemnity in kind, an assigned land part or even own .
One differentiated between house and Hofgesinde, ever after whether domestic or agricultural services were carried out. Hofgesinde also the servant shank in high noble houses was called. The Gesindeverhaeltnis was justified by a Gesindevertrag, which was usually verbally locked and affirmed by payment of an earnest. The contract obligated the dienstboten to all domestic work, which was arranged by the service rule. The service gentlemen are obligated to grant that dienstboten wages and food according to the local habits and it only legally permitted and the health not endangering work abzuverlangen to abuse it in no way them in the service suffered damage to recompense, likewise the costs of diseases tightened in the service to carry.
In 19. Century existed in the most German countries and cities special Gesindeordnungen, those determined that Gesindeleute certification books had to lead, with that to deposit were. Into these Gesindebuecher the service gentlemen registered a certification to the outgoing dienstboten.
See also
Literature
- F. Buomberger: Population and fortune statistics of the city and landscape Freiburg around the center 15. Century, 1900
- L. Mottu weber: Les femmes dans la vie économique de Genève, in BHG 16, 1979, S. 381 - 401
- J.P. Property clay/tone: Domestiques 和serviteurs dans la 法国de l'Ancien R3egime, 1981
- M. Mitterauer: Family and Labour Organization in urban societies of the late Middle Ages and the early modern times, in: House and family in the latemedieval city, Hg. of A. Haverkamp, 1984, S. 1 - 36
- Y. Pesenti: Occupation: Female worker, 1988
