[Apothecaries and pharmacists between mobility and settled way of life].

From XIIIth to XVIIth centuries, apothecaries were not as sedentary as people think. Apprenticeship and companion's time were travel opportunities. Installation was an other occasion. Violence, war and intolerance were reasons to run away from inhospitable countries. Trade practices explained displacements. Medieval Christian Occident can be considered as a model of tomorrow's Europe.