Conviviality [ Eating & Drinking / Rituals & Ceremonies / Character / Social interaction ]
… represent a tavern meeting to show a meeting taking place in Newgate. At the other end of the social spectrum reports of elite balls celebrating Charles James Fox’s victory in the Westminster Election of 1784 make it clear convivial … including toasting, irreverent singing, and speech-making, were common in the mixed company of the Foxite Whigs, giving elite women access to forms of sociability that were generally considered to be masculine ( Newman 119-124). Opposition …
Community | Conviviality | Hilarity | Politics | Song | Toasting
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