Catherine Fino, L’hospitality, social figure of charity. Two hospital foundations in Quebec
Disciplines
Review
French
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Catherine Fino explore hospital religious practices to show the socio-political dimension of Christian charity and its influence on public space. This study of two major hospitals in the city of Quebec, the Hôtel-Geu de Sillery-Québec des Augustines (studied from 1639 to 1759) and the Asylum Saint-Michel de Beauport des sisters de la Charité de Québec (studied between 1893 and 1939), criticises the thesis of the extinction of hospital charity in connection with the avè...