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… eighteenth century and beyond. Unlike similar European institutions, it was not state-funded and promoted the cultural identity of Scotland within the larger political entity of Great Britain. Places > Clubs & Societies Keywords Collecting … Society of Edinburgh. Some, like Smellie, remained members of both. (Bell 15-17, 41) The building of a Scottish cultural identity The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland nourished intertwining scientific and political ambitions. The collecting … as literature and science were concerned. This incentive to national pride was not meant to hinder the rise of a British identity, but to assess a Scottish cultural identity within the Union. As Colin Kidd pointed out, the stress put on …

… were produced for the ritual of toasting. Special toastmaster glasses and custom-made glassware become part of clubs’ identity-sustaining paraphernalia. Glasses also served to express individuals’ tastes and social standing, or political … thus reflecting social and economic hierarchies. They were manufactured to order to correspond to the particular identity of a tavern, a club or an aristocratic or gentry family. They could carry mottos and political symbolism. If the … decoration and engraving made turned glasses into durable, symbolic objects representing a club’s, party’s or family’s identity, the importance of glassware also lay in the symbolic uses to which it lent itself. Glasses were essential to …

… of the ‘middling sorts’. Cultures of commerce and politeness – two key attributes of eighteenth-century British identity – came together in the figure of the merchant. Sociability was an important element of mercantile culture, … wealth. This culture of commerce crossed party divisions and social boundaries, and became an essential part of British identity. 8 In the last four decades of the seventeenth century, Britain experienced a revolution in trade. Woollen cloth … of the ‘middling sorts’. Cultures of commerce and politeness – two key attributes of eighteenth-century British identity – came together in the figure of the merchant. Sociability was an important element of mercantile culture, …

… 1  and beyond (Europe, New Zealand or America), turning them into important elements for the construction of national identity. 2 Some of these originated from the grounds surrounding places of diverse use (e.g. manor houses, taverns), … to Coney Island (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013). 2 . See Naomi J. Stubbs, Cultivating National Identity Through Performance. American Pleasure Gardens and Entertainment (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, …

… through journals such as The Spectator (1711-12, 1714), profoundly shaped the course of British sociability and national identity. The dates of the Kit-Cat’s foundation and dissolution are uncertain, as no official records of its meetings or … many major events between 1704-15. If the political stability of England in this period was due to ‘a sense of common identity in those who wielded economic, social and political power’, 14  then the Kit-Cat Club was the crucible of that common identity. Walpole thus learned at the Kit-Cat how to wield power through patronage, the press and partying. 14 . J.H. …

… erudite male scholars writing to one another in Latin to communicate ideas, influence public opinion, and signal their identity as intellectuals. This notion of a scholarly community in communication, created by and nourished by the … was in part what the Enlightenment was all about, ‘these different networks were central to their participants’ identity . One could not take part in the Enlightenment on one’s own’ ( Edmondson and Edelstein 2). Correspondence in the …