Paris in the 16th century Lycée Louis-le-Grand) in 1556, which was the single important College in Paris until the Revolution. Students could enter the course of Latin at any age between four and eighteen, though the average age at entrance was eight years old. The education continued for six years, after which students went to the University. A religious order for women, the Ursulines, provided secondary education for young women, but the teaching was limited to reading, writing, sewing and embroidery. The first and primary hospital of Paris was the Hôtel-Dieu, close to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame on the Île-de-la-Cité, founded in the early Middle
La Semeuse de Paris La Semeuse de Paris La Semeuse de Paris was a consumer credit company owned by the "La Samaritaine" department store in Paris. It sold coupons to working class consumers, who paid in installments. They could spend the coupons at "La Samaritaine" or other stores. The Art Deco building that housed the company is now a historical monument, Georges Dufayel developed a system of buying vouchers through installment payments, which could then be spent in stores that accepted the vouchers. Dufayel owned a retail chain that accepted his vouchers, and they were also accepted by independent stores. These included La Samaritaine,