Literary Academies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… Furetière’s Dictionnaire universel (1690) defined the academy as an ‘assembly of the educated classes, where science and the fine arts are cultivated.’ In France, their association with the crown—academies were established by … Lumières en province: académies et académiciens provinciaux, 1680-1789 (Paris: Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, 1989, vol. I), p. 24. Italian academies were not establishments formalised through the occupation of a … thus became a core component of academic activity at both the Royal Society of London and the Académie des Sciences de Paris, with the responsibility specifically delegated to certain academicians. 19 Establishing a colony meant …
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