Conviviality [ Eating & Drinking / Rituals & Ceremonies / Character / Social interaction ]
… proceedings, lending discussion an organized shape, often with a particular agenda in mind. Where the ideal of coffee-house conversation (however accurate) was that distinctions of rank and class could be suspended and the best argument … conviviality were not restricted to taverns and could be frequently encountered elsewhere, particularly in alehouses and coffeehouses, but in private homes too. Richard Newton’s ‘ Soulagement en Prison, or comfort in Prison ‘ for example, …
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