Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… of Bath in the long eighteenth century occurred against a background of urban, socio-economic, and scientific revolutions. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 ushered in a new political system, providing relative stability, which … nation. 1 In a context of rivalry with France, the refinement of manners meant a degree of emancipation from the French model of politeness. 2 The desire to change social behaviour was apparent in the aesthetics of novelty defined by … for her part, used her Bath connections for philanthropic and political ends – in particular in her fight against the French Revolution –, be they the alleviation of poverty or the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade. 33 She …
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