{"product_id":"poverty-and-charity-in-aixenprovence-16401789-9781421431994","title":"Poverty and Charity in AixenProvence 16401789","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1976. This book is a study of the charitable institutions of one French town, Aix-en-Provence. It begins with their foundation during the Counter-Reformation and ends with their dissolution during the Revolution. It details the impulses behind their foundation and describes how they were financed and administered. It also explores the lives of the people they helped. The study is based primarily on surviving records of the charities. These are the same sort of records that charitable institutions today accumulate: entrance registers, minutes of board meetings, account books, and fund-raising pamphlets. Records of the local and central government and court records were also consulted. One purpose of this study is to bring readers closer to the reality of the problem of poverty in Old Regime France. Another purpose is to historicize contemporary perceptions of poverty in the minds of French historical actors.   Chapter 1 outlines the social and economic makeup of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Charity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Aix-en-Provence, \"Ville Hospitaliere\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Charitable Impulse\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Administration and Finances\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Poor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Poor of the Charities\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Poor outside the Charities\u003cbr\u003ePart III. The Crisis of Traditional Charity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Financial Crisis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. From Charite to Bienfaisance\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Abbreviations, Notes, Bibliography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408131596631,"sku":"9781421431994","price":23.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421431994.jpg?v=1730501700","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/poverty-and-charity-in-aixenprovence-16401789-9781421431994","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}