Messagerie

… During the Roman Empire, a postal service called the cursus publique was established, and later, post offices were equipped with horses, fast carriages called rhedas, and carts called clabulares, sometimes with as many as 20 horses. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the efforts of Clovis and Charlemagne to restore the postal service were unsuccessful, and while the Eastern Roman Empire and Islam had revived the postal service since the 7th century, it was not until the 13th century that the University of Paris established a postal service called the messagerie for students in Europe that it was finally restored. This system consisted of grand messagers, whose main task was to transport school fees between students and their homes, and petit messagers, who entrusted letters and parcels to them. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　ローマ帝政期にはクルスス･プブリクスという飛脚制度が置かれ，のちには駅逓に馬やレダrhedaといわれた速い車，荷車クラブラレclabulareも備えられ，馬は20頭に達することもあった。西ローマ帝国の没落後はクロービスやカール大帝の飛脚制度復元の努力も実らず，東ローマとイスラムは7世紀から飛脚制度を再現していたのに，ヨーロッパでは13世紀になってパリ大学が学生のために飛脚制度messagerieをつくってやっと回復した。これには学生と家庭間の学資の運搬を主とするグラン･メッサジェと手紙や小包みなどを託すプチ･メッサジェがあった。…

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