During the middle ages, donations to hospitals were extremely commendable since they were thought to be redemptive. In fact, according medieval Catholic representations, poor or disabled people were representative of the Christ’s sufferings on Earth ; helping them was a common path to redemption. Consequently, to be redeemed, Chartres’ urban elite made lots donations to the main hospital of their city, in this particular case, the Aumône Notre Dame. This charity came in all shape or size : from a single sum of money donated to the hospital by a bourgeois to the King’s patronage in the form of a letter. By being generous, the donors tried to reach one single goal : the salvation of their souls. The help given to the hospital community together with the establishment of Masses in the name of the donor were the medium through which his redemption was made possible.