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Saint James's [ Cities ]
… and June, and created the ‘London season ‘ , a concept at the heart of London urban sociability. The renaissance of Court life in St James’s ‘shifted London’s population northwards and westwards, and smart developments appeared in St … destroyed by fire in 1698, William III asked Sir Christopher Wren to create new state rooms at St James’s. The Court became ‘a constellation of smaller residences’, splitting ‘ceremony and residence’ over several sites. This fragmentation not only changed ‘the practice of monarchy and court culture’ but solidified it (Greig 104, 107, 129). The Court developed into a site for both formal and informal …
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Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… vol. 2 Image Thomas Rowlandson, ‘The Jockey Club or Newmarkert Meeting’, 1811, The Met Museum, 59.533.1460. Image Court of Equity Betting Book (Sept. 16, 1769 – June 30, 1772). Image ‘Insurance on Lives, satirical playing-card, part of … even if the first wagers mentioned ‘twelve flasks’ or ‘six bottles’. The betting book of another society called the Court of Equity, which met at the Cheshire Cheese, Wine Office Court, in Fleet Street, reveals that its members never betted any money but usually ‘one bottle of wine’: significantly …
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West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… Perspectives on Culture, Economy and the City (Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 2008), p. 59. Unlike on the continent, court life in London was relatively weak which meant that even the monarchy went out in search of entertainment. Opera, … depending on who was on the throne). Its high prices maintained exclusivity. As well as music it was a space for courtship, for flirting and, above all, for gossip. People would move between boxes which were a site for female …
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Giacomo Casanova [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… de ma vie, vol. I-III (Paris: Gallimard, bibl. de la Pleiade, 2014-15). History of My Life, trans. by Willard Trask (Harcourt: Brace and World, 1966), reprinted in 6 books (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997). Further designated … of lottery that he had successfully launched in Paris and for that he needed to be introduced to the aristocracy and the Court. Thus, on his second day in London, dressed in a tailcoat ( habillé en frac ), he carried letters of introduction to the Venetian resident in London, and to the French ambassador, who officially introduced him at court. Another letter of introduction was handed to Lady Harrington, a famous socialite in whose salon he met scores of …
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Sporting clubs [ Associational culture / Clubs & Societies ]
… reign of James I. The king paid frequent visits to the village of Newmarket because he enjoyed hunting and hawking ; his court, in particular its Scottish members, initiated races in Newmarket. Later, races developed elsewhere in the country …
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