Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole

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Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole
Rue Chanoinesse
Île de la Cité
Quartier Notre-Dame, 4th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Rue Chanoinesse dates from the Carolingian era. In the Middle Ages, access to the Notre-Dame cloister, controlled by four gates that were closed at night, was forbidden to those outside the community of canons, and especially to women. This ‘canonical enclosure’ consisted of properties exempt from taxes by virtue of an edict of Charlemagne. In the 15th century, nobles obtained the right to rent the canons' houses, with the benefits of immunity from the king's justice and tax exemption. The current Rue Chanoinesse was once known, between Rue de la Colombe and Rue d'Arcole, as ‘Rue des Marmousets’ (which should not be confused with the current street of the same name located in the 13th arrondissement), or in 1387, the affair of Rue des Marmousets is said to have taken place there at the corner of Rue des Deux-Hermites. The Porte Marmouset, which was still visible in 1791, stood at the corner of Rue de la Colombe.” (Rue Chanoinesse, Wikipedia)