tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post3647634339211179233..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: The Hopital Bicêtre: site of a hundred ghostsAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-86473885631330827832020-08-26T16:01:18.025+02:002020-08-26T16:01:18.025+02:00Esmée,
Not 'prisoners' as such and certai...Esmée,<br /><br />Not 'prisoners' as such and certainly not the mentally ill, but orphans were placed in the two hospitals and later forcibly married and shipped off the colonies, according to this source: http://hbdd.fr/files/visites/La%20Pitie-Salpetriere.pdf<br /><br />"Les fillettes abandonnées à la naissance étaient recueillies, élevées, éduquées, placées pour un travail et Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-12887900335147102042020-08-26T15:24:17.948+02:002020-08-26T15:24:17.948+02:00Hi Esmée,
Thanks for your comment. It's an in...Hi Esmée,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. It's an interesting point you raise, and I'm afraid I'm a bit casual about my sources sometimes. This post is a good six or seven years old now, so I'll have to have a dig around my sources again, and will post here any links I find to forced marriages. It's certainly something I didn't make up!Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-79565862359035095872020-08-21T17:12:58.969+02:002020-08-21T17:12:58.969+02:00Hi, I have a question about the part where the men...Hi, I have a question about the part where the men from bicêtre were forced to mary woman from Salpêtrière. Because other sources say that Philip Pinel saved them from their chains, the men first in 1793 and the woman in 1795. They were later said to live in a facility where they would be treated in a morally okay way compared to the prison they lived in. Is this true? Because no other source Esméenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-83485174609925655912017-01-25T08:45:27.430+01:002017-01-25T08:45:27.430+01:00Hello Allachka,
There seems to be nothing regular...Hello Allachka,<br /><br />There seems to be nothing regular. The best idea is probably to check with the Val de Marne tourist office (@CDTValdemarne on Twitter, or http://www.tourisme-valdemarne.com/).<br /><br />Apart from that, there's nothing stopping you taking a look round by yourself!Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-47119431593334550862017-01-25T01:13:29.537+01:002017-01-25T01:13:29.537+01:00Hello Adam,
Would you happen to know how to get t...Hello Adam,<br /><br />Would you happen to know how to get tours here? <br /><br />Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230982491850636091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-59335903202125342652014-02-08T02:21:03.306+01:002014-02-08T02:21:03.306+01:00Wonderfully moody photographs!Wonderfully moody photographs!Philippahttp://parisianfields.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-73899522452877883422014-01-30T09:27:27.226+01:002014-01-30T09:27:27.226+01:00kirkw and w3c: the origin of the name Bicêtre is d...kirkw and w3c: the origin of the name Bicêtre is definitely unclear, but the other half of the town name much less so. I think we can all agree that its great to have a town named after a tavern!Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-70308025750837024412014-01-30T08:46:53.679+01:002014-01-30T08:46:53.679+01:00"Russian campaign"? "Kremlin" ..."Russian campaign"? "Kremlin" tavern? I think I can see where this name came from... :)w3chttp://w3c.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-49990564604710757122014-01-29T21:13:26.837+01:002014-01-29T21:13:26.837+01:00As you mention, the former hospital’s name could r...As you mention, the former hospital’s name could reflect a long-lasting memory of a former owner of the property—Jean de Pontoise, Bishop of Winchester from 1282-1304. However, an alternative explanation might be a mordant expression of the unfortunates who were unlucky enough to end up in the Bicêtre. “Bissêtre” is an old metaphor deriving from the inauspicious time of the bissextile in the kirkwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-23781560144681691602014-01-28T23:33:13.597+01:002014-01-28T23:33:13.597+01:00Thanks for the comment, and an interesting remark ...Thanks for the comment, and an interesting remark about Bicester. According to Wikipédia though (so it must be true), Bicester only really became the established name of that town in the 17th century. The name 'Bicêtre' though seems to date back until the 13th or 14th century.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-16771008903573426532014-01-28T23:05:41.170+01:002014-01-28T23:05:41.170+01:00Always interesting and lovely photos as usual. Won...Always interesting and lovely photos as usual. Wondered if Bicetre might in fact be a corruption of Bicester, which might still have been within the archbishopric of Winchester.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com