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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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