Spa sociability in Bath and Pyrmont [ Health / Nature ]
… its shared social spaces provided opportunities for the formation over the course of the century of a broader educated elite, a sense of an ‘educated estate’ ( gebildeter Stand ) of enlightened individuals from both noble and middle-class … of an open sociability was reinforced. These circles, however, were restricted to ‘respectable’ members of the educated elite, frequently educated burghers amongst themselves, but sometimes included associations with members of the nobility, …
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