Rich and poor in Grenoble, 1600-1814 / Kathryn Norberg
1985, 1st edition. Berkeley : University of California Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #387855
ISBN: 0520052609
Physical description; 366 pp.: illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Contents; Part I: The seventeenth century -- Grenoble at the beginning of the seventeenth century -- Mothers to the poor: the confraternities of the orphans and the madelines -- Great works: the company of the holy sacrament (1642-1662) -- The crusade for the conversion of souls: the congregation for the propagation of the faith (1647-1685) -- From transgression to misfortune: poverty and poor relief in an age of transition (1680-1729) -- Patterns of charity: testamentary bequests (1620-1729) -- Part II: The eighteenth century -- Educating the poor: the "little" schools (1707-1789) -- The hospital general in the age of light (1760-1789) -- Vagrants and criminals in the eighteenth century -- Patterns of charity (1730-1789) -- The revolution (1789-1814). Subjects; Geschichte 1600-1814. Charities France Grenoble History 17th century. Poor France. Social Conditions.
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