Enemies and false friends [ Antagonism & Resistance ]
… sociability described, performed, and enacted during this period. Concepts > Antagonism & Resistance Keywords Antagonism Civility Enmity Falsehood Friendship Gender Politeness Women Friendship held an important place in social relations. But … The natural sincerity associated with women, meant that female company came to encapsulate many of the ideals of civility and good manners expected of people of quality. 10 However, the consequences of failed or false friendship were … be extremely civil to him in your outward behaviour’. In fact, it was important for an enemy to be shown ‘rather more civility than [...] another man’. This was not dissimulation, he assured his son, but necessary ‘for the quiet and …
Antagonism | Civility | Enmity | Falsehood | Friendship | Gender | Politeness | Women
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