Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… to games such as card games, dice, etc. 1 Throughout the period, various games or gambling practices went in and out of fashion in England and were associated with sociable behaviours and values, especially those of the gentleman . Different … at private residences to popular city taverns or coffeehouses where various social classes mingled and indulged in fashionable games, thus fostering new forms of sociable interactions. Treatises and pamphlets increasingly questioned … explained: 'Society was a vast casino. On whatever pretext and under whatever circumstances half a dozen people of fashion found themselves together, [. . .] the box was sure to be rattling, and the cards were being cut and shuffled.' 3 …
Clubs | Duelling | Gaming | Gentleman | Horseracing | Suicide
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