Hôpital général de Paris

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Hôpital général de Paris was a powerful 17th-century French institution that combined charitable, medical, and custodial functions to confine and manage the poor, sick, and socially marginalized in Paris.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hôpital général de Paris canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf charitable institution
custodial institution
early modern French institution
welfare institution
activeInCentury 17th century
18th century
country France
financedBy charitable donations
ecclesiastical revenues
royal funds
foundedBy Catholic Church in France
Louis XIV
linked to: Louis XIV of France

Parlement of Paris
function charitable
custodial
disciplinary
medical
governedBy board of directors
lay administrators
hasPart Bicêtre
linked to: Kremlin-Bicêtre

Bicêtre for men
Hôpital de Saint-Lazare
Hôpital de Scipion
Hôpital de la Madeleine
Hôpital de la Pitié
Hôpital de la Salpêtrière for women
Hôpital de la Savonnerie
Hôpital de la Trinité
Hôpital de la Vieillesse
Hôpital des Enfants-Trouvés
Salpêtrière
inception 1656
legalBasis royal edict of 1656
locatedIn Kingdom of France
Paris
notableFor early form of social control in Paris
mixing charitable and punitive functions
role in the Great Confinement of the poor
period Ancien Régime
purpose confinement of the poor
control of beggars
custody of socially marginalized people
provision of basic medical care
provision of charity
religion Roman Catholicism
supervisedBy Parlement of Paris
targetPopulation beggars
sick poor
socially marginalized people
urban poor
vagrants

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Salpêtrière prison administeredBy Hôpital général de Paris
Salpêtrière prison partOf Hôpital général de Paris