Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps, Tables, and Figures vii
4. Preface ix
5. Glossary of French Terms xiii
6. Introduction 3
7. Beginning Hospital Reform
8. Changes in the Organization and Direction of Town and Village Charity, 1540–1640 17
9. Transferring Poor-Relief Funds to Old Soldiers: The Order of Mount Carmel and St-Lazare 45
10. The Aftermath of Notre-Dame of Mount Carmel and St-Lazare: The Closures Continue 69
11. Consolidating and Reinforcing Local Hospitals
12. The Hospital, the Church, and the Local Community: Control, Support, and Involvement 100
13. Religious Congregations and Local Hospitals: Women Working in the World 134
14. The State and Hospital Reform in the Eighteenth Century: New Direction or Continued Improvisation? 175
15. Conclusion 198
16. Grignan Recteurs des Pauvres, 1661–1722 209
17. Seyne Recteurs of the Hospital, 1713–1750 211
18. Notes 213
19. Bibliography 247
20. Index 265