Faiths, Fortunes and Feminine Duty. Charity in Parisian High Society 1880-1914

Elizabeth Chalmers Macknight

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Faiths, Fortunes and Feminine Duty. Charity in Parisian High Society 1880-1914

Elizabeth Chalmers Macknight

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On May 1897 more than a hundred Parisians - mostly women of high society -perished in the Charity Bazaar fire. The records of this terrible accident reveal much about the charitable practices of the nobility in France of the Third Republic. This article explores the place of religion in upper-class charity within the context of republican anticlericalism. It focuses especially on issues of inter faith collaboration and the role of aristocratic women in supporting the work of the Catholic Church.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	482-506
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Volume	58
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046906008967
Publication status	Published - Jul 2007

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France
origins
reform
state

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