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"Caritas Christi Urget Nos": The Urgent Challenges of Charity in Seventeenth Century France

Edward R. Udovic, DePaul University

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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.

Suggested Citation

Edward R. Udovic. ""Caritas Christi Urget Nos": The Urgent Challenges of Charity in Seventeenth Century France" Vincentian Heritage 12.#2 (1991): 85-104.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/edward_udovic/1