Charity and 'Bienfaisance': The Treatment of the Poor in the Montpellier Region, 1740-1815

Abstract

List of maps, graphs, figures and tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction: charity and bienfaisance in the enlightenment Part I. The Setting: 1. Montpellier and its region 2. The eighteenth-century problem of poverty Part II. The Treatment of Poverty Under the Ancien Regime: 3. Poor relief in Montpellier and its region 4. The crisis of traditional charity 5. Popular attitudes towards poor relief: (i) charity 6. Popular attitudes towards poor relief: (ii) medicine 7. Government, poor relief and the repression of begging Part III. The Treatment of Poverty Under the Revolution and the Empire: 8. Towards a 'welfare state', 1789-c.1795 9. Retreat from the 'welfare state', c.1795-c.1800 10. Poor-relief institutions from the Concordat to the Restoration Part IV. Conclusion: 11. The government and poor relief in the early nineteenth century Appendices Bibliography Index.