Let e : N n → M m be an embedding into a compact manifold M. We study the relationship between the homology of the free loop space LM on M and of the space L N M of loops of M based in N and define a shriek map e ! : H * (LM, Q) → H * (L N M, Q) using Hochschild cohomology and study its properties. We also extend a result of Félix on the injectivity of the induced map aut 1 M → map(N, M ; f) on rational homotopy groups when M and N have the same dimension and f : N → M is a map of non zero degree.