banal — (adj.) trite, commonplace, 1840, from Fr. banal, belonging to a manor, common, hackneyed, commonplace, from O.Fr. banel communal (13c.), from ban decree; legal control; announcement; authorization; payment for use of a communal oven, mill, etc.… … Etymology dictionary
Communal oven — Four banal at Urval, Dordogne, France The four banal (English: common oven) was a common municipal institution in medieval France. Generally ovens were owned by the feudal lord of the municipality and operated by an ovenmaster or fournier;… … Wikipedia
Masonry oven — A wood burning brick oven. A masonry oven, colloquially known as a brick oven or stone oven, is an oven consisting of a baking chamber made of fireproof brick, concrete, stone, or clay. Though traditionally wood fired, coal fired ovens were… … Wikipedia
Four banal — The community oven in France but common in English villages, where the bread was baked not as well as it could be. This bread was called banal as it came from something of common use from which we have our use of the word banal = ordinary or… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Banalité — Banalités were essentially the dues that peasants owed their lords in France until the 18th century. These included the required use for payment of the lord s, or Seigneur s, mill to grind grain and his oven to bake bread.The peasants may also be … Wikipedia
four — /fur/ In old French law, an oven or bakehouse. Four banal, an oven, owned by the seignior of the estate, to which the tenants were obliged to bring their bread for baking. Also the proprietary right to maintain such an oven … Black's law dictionary
four — /fur/ In old French law, an oven or bakehouse. Four banal, an oven, owned by the seignior of the estate, to which the tenants were obliged to bring their bread for baking. Also the proprietary right to maintain such an oven … Black's law dictionary
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
Banality — The fees a feudal lord imposed for various usages, such as his mill, oven, etc. It might have included part of a fish catch or a proportion of the catch from a rabbit warren. Cf. Fornagium; Four banal … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
