Albergue Espanhol

a Lenda Negra sobre o comer e o beber madrileños pelo olhar de viajantes franceses (século XIX)"

Abstract

This text is going to present some result of my research about the history of
the taverns in the city of Madrid, focusing on the perception of the customs
of eating and drinking in the accounts of nineteenth-century French writers
who’ve been to Madrid approach bias: Alexandre Dumas, Théophile Gautier,
Prosper Mérimée and Jean-Charles Davillier. These writers of French culture
- and more specifically Parisian - created the fame of the Black Spain with
regard to food and drink. These writers coming from wealthier classes spread
across Europe a lousy image in relation to the table and Spanish hospitality,
based on the term “Spanish hostel” - where someone eats, drinks and sleeps
very badly - and on the idea that everything in the Peninsula smells like
garlic and winevinegar.