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Coffeehouses [ Institutions / Food & Drink venues ]
… art works, and real estate were held in coffeehouses. Many professionals used coffeehouses as a surrogate office for meeting with clients and for conducting business. The insurance industry developed in coffeehouses such as Lloyd’s, a … wore on. In fact, the history of clubs and coffeehouses remained intertwined throughout the period. From the first meetings of the Rota Club in the 1650s to the meetings of Johnson’s famous Club in the age of George III, clubs and coffeehouses played a complementary role in …
Coffeehouses | Drinking | Public sphere | Politics
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Inns [ Residences & Lodgings ]
… in, but beds might have to be shared with other travellers. Also available were one or several parlours and rooms for meetings. Not only goods but also news were exchanged. The architectural structures testify to the sociable experience, … functions for locals living in their vicinity: they were communal sociable venues, had assembly rooms for dances and meetings, even jurisdiction; they held auctions, were involved in sporting events, and were central to local election … and it catered for a local elite (Maudlin 8, 9). It offered a range of good food and wines, hosted assemblies, dances, meetings, even plays. Its association with the elite was underscored architecturally, sometimes through a classicist …
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Toasting glass [ Food & Drink ]
… commercial and military networks. 9 The last of these was transnational in nature. Conviviality was central to Jacobite meetings. Drinking the right toast in the right way was crucial to manifesting the group’s common loyalties and … also used the symbolism of drinking vessels to emphasize the Irishness (and anti-English nature) of their movement; at a meeting at the town hall of Londonderry in 1779 ‘[s]ome drank out of Irish naggins [small cups or mugs], whilst others …
Alcohol | Drinking | Ritual | Tableware | Toasting
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