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Newgate (1840) [ Places / People ]
… peuvent produire que de bons effets. … "Je ne puis quitter Newgate sans parler de la respectable madame Fry..." … Law … Religion … Women … Flora Tristan, Promenades dans Londres / par Mme Flora Tristan. Paris : H.-L. Delloye, 1840, p. …
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Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) [ Concepts ]
… The English people are satisfied, that to the great the consolations of religion are as necessary as its instructions. They, too, are among the unhappy. They feel personal pain and domestic … is interposed between the wish and the accomplishment. The people of England know how little influence the teachers of religion are likely to have with the wealthy and powerful of long standing, and how much less with the newly fortunate, … minds. For these reasons, whilst we provide first for the poor, and with a parental solicitude, we have not relegated religion (like something we were ashamed to show) to obscure municipalities or rustic villages. No! we will have her to …
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Huguenots in Northern Europe [ Commerce / Religion & Philanthropy ]
… multiculturelle caractérisée par des relations familiales et économiques transnationales. People > Commerce People > Religion & Philanthropy Keywords Calvinism Commerce Discrimination France Huguenots Northern Europe Religion L’image traditionnelle du Huguenot est celle d’un homme profondément attaché aux nouvelles idées religieuses … et subissant une grande violence pour abjurer sa foi. Devant l’impossibilité de vivre dans leur patrie sans renier leur religion, les réformés s’enfuient au prix de grands dangers, tout particulièrement après la révocation de l’édit de …
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Duelling [ Politics & Society ]
… here. Practices > Politics & Society Keywords Antagonism Aristocracy Disorder Gentleman Honour Law Masculinity Mundanity Religion Duelling was not simply an English affair, but also a social practice indulged in and debated throughout Europe. … that arguments about duels, as is clear from these two early texts, involve issues to do with honour, but also with war, religion, and politics. The Persistence of Duelling Whether these debates, together with a measure of law enforcement, … a duel with Fitzpatrick. In Amelia , Dr Harrison finds that the defence of honour is incompatible with the teachings of religion (Andrew 44). In Smollett’s Roderick Random , the hero is always ready to fight a duel, paying tribute to his …
Antagonism | Aristocracy | Disorder | Gentleman | Honour | Law | Masculinity | Mundanity | Religion
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Solitude [ Feelings & Emotions ]
… of one another. Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Keywords Conversation Emotions Gender Melancholy Politeness Privacy Religion In 1711, Joseph Addison spoke of his vision for his new periodical, The Spectator . In his desire to entertain … with solitude was religious melancholy, where sociability was not an obvious cure. The relationship between solitude and religion was complex. For some, this overwhelming sense of aloneness might stem from a state of spiritual despair that … of Solitude (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2020). … Conversation … Emotions … Gender … Melancholy … Politeness … Privacy … Religion … Solitude …
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A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians (1797) [ Practices / Concepts ]
… and is greatly unacquainted with the nature of that pleasantness which is to be found in the ways of Religion. … "The Christian relaxes in the temperate use of all the gifts of Providence. Imagination, and taste, and … in the feast of reason, in the intercourses of society, in the sweets of friendship, in the endearments of love..." … Religion … Taken from William Wilberforce, A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, …
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Vestries [ Religious Belief ]
Churches | Corruption | Finance | North America | Officials | Religion
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Gifts and Gift-giving [ Politics & Society / Furniture & Interior decoration / Social interaction ]
Charity | Empire | Friendship | Gift | Hospitality | Reciprocity | Religion
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