Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1991

Comments

Reprinted with the permission of the Vincentian Studies Institute of DePaul University.

Abstract

Setting the context for the emergence of the charitable work of St. Vincent de Paul (1580-1660) and St. Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) and the groups they founded, this article examines the urgent societal and religious challenges posed by a vast increase in poverty in France during the seventeenth century.

Source Publication

Vincentian Heritage

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