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Snuffbox [ Art & Luxury / Clothing & Fashion / Social interaction / Taste & Manners / Rituals & Ceremonies ]
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Horace Walpole (and the English garden) [ Art and Literature / Translation, Dissemination & Reception ]
… Travaux d'Investigation et de Recherche, 2020). Haggerty, George, E., Horace Walpole's Letters: Masculinity and Friendship in the Eighteenth Century (Lewisburg [Pa.]: Bucknell University Press, 2011). Harney, Marion, Place-making for … Travaux d'Investigation et de Recherche, 2020). Haggerty, George, E., Horace Walpole's Letters: Masculinity and Friendship in the Eighteenth Century (Lewisburg [Pa.]: Bucknell University Press, 2011). Harney, Marion, Place-making for …
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Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… Herbert, Amanda, ‘Hot Spring Sociability: Women’s Alliances at British Spas,’ Female Alliances, Gender, Identity and Friendship in Early Modern Britain (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), p. 117-142. Poole, Steve, … Herbert, Amanda, ‘Hot Spring Sociability: Women’s Alliances at British Spas,’ Female Alliances, Gender, Identity and Friendship in Early Modern Britain (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), p. 117-142. Poole, Steve, …
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Beau Brummell (George Bryan) [ Fashion ]
… with children of neighbouring aristocratic families, was sent to Eton, and spent nearly a year at Oxford in 1793/94. The friendships he struck up in those years remained important for him throughout life. After leaving Oxford, he accepted a … or clumsiness to make them the butt of his jokes. It is not clear when exactly and why he lost the Prince Regent’s friendship. Although they never fell out officially, Brummell’s insolent demeanour may have been one reason; another was … incurred the dislike of Mrs Fitzherbert, the Prince Regent’s secret spouse; moreover, the prince was inconstant in his friendships. One day Brummell, ignored by the prince, inquired from a person standing close by: ‘Who’s your fat friend?’ …
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Beau Nash [ Fashion ]
… read law at the Middle Temple, London. 1 From the start, he behaved as an ‘easy companion’ who struck innumerable friendships with people from different walks of life, evincing many of the qualities of a sociable young man. The gaming … he found in Bath a platform in which he could create new avenues for social conduct, devising rules for behaviour and friendship and challenging social constructions. Share Partager sur Facebook Partager sur Linkedin Partager sur Twitter …
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Dress [ Clothing & Fashion / Taste & Manners ]
… of Enlightenment sociability. A person’s dress was used to establish rank, cement social relationships, generate friendship and social gossip, and even indicate political allegiance. The wealth and competitive elegance involved in …
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