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Diplomats in London (1660-1714) [ Politics / Travel ]

… Abstract Le renforcement de la puissance militaire et financière de l’Angleterre et du Royaume-Uni place la métropole londonienne au cœur des relations diplomatiques européennes. Par conséquent, la sociabilité des ambassadeurs et consuls … Parlement de Westminster s’est reconfigurée en profondeur. Les envoyés ont acquis un rôle inédit dans la sphère publique londonienne et déployé des formes de sociabilité à géométrie variable. Tantôt publiques, tantôt confidentielles, elles … que dans celui des élites urbaines et négociantes. People > Politics People > Travel Keywords ambassadors expatriates London spying lobbying ceremonial Violence duplicity Catholicism accountability Le chevalier Charles d'Éon est un des …

Covent Garden [ Institutions ]

… metropolis, beside the major route between the Court and aristocratic Westminster to the west and the commercial City of London to the east. It was conceived as a square of genteel housing in the seventeenth century, but the intrusion of a … sites of sociability, such as theatres, taverns, brothels and coffeehouses. These were populated by a cross-section of London life, including actors, traders, writers and prostitutes. Covent Garden was also the place where the rowdy … occurred, inspiring many satirical artists. Places > Institutions Keywords Theatre Prostitution Popular Politics London Westminster Coffee-house Tavern Market Covent Garden is a square in the centre of London, still famous for its …

Saint James's [ Cities ]

… Abstract St James’s refers to an urban area located in what we know as the West End of London, more precisely in the district of Westminster. To account for its full spatial as well as social dimensions and to understand what role it played in the emergence and fashioning of London sociability, it is essential to consider St James’s as intrinsically associated with its main architectural … Palace, St James’s Park, St James’s Square, St James’s Street and its coffeehouses and clubs. Places > Cities Keywords London West End Coffeehouses Clubs Gambling Beau monde The political revolution that established William and Mary on the …

Ned Ward [ Commerce / Art and Literature ]

… Abstract Edward ‘Ned’ Ward was a satirist and tavern keeper active in early eighteenth-century London, best known for his London Spy (1698-1701) – a walkabout tour of the metropolis that typified his hearty comic style and eye for graphic … People > Commerce People > Art and Literature Keywords ward Satire humour Tavern drunkenness impoliteness Club London Edward ‘Ned’ Ward was a satirist and tavern keeper, most widely recognised as the author of The London Spy …

Richard Brinsley Sheridan [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]

… Abstract Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751, Dublin, Ireland – 7 July 1816, London, England) was an Irish-born British playwright, poet, politician, 'clubbable' orator and owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as  The Rivals (1775 ),   The School for Scandal … Club, the fashionable 'Whig fraternity'. People > Art and Literature People > Politics People > Association Keywords London Theatres The Literary Club Brooks's Club British political circles Anglo-Irish identity Clubbability Duelling …

Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]

… Cathal MacLochlainn (1699?–1797)  exemplifies the Irish Enlightenment and successful access to British social circles, London theatres, Anglo-Irish debating and charitable societies. Moreover, he was eager to acquire a lasting though … Lane, hastened his entry and participation in the sociable British Enlightenment. People > Art and Literature Keywords London Theatres Debating Societies Garrick Shylock Irish Enlightenment Charitable societies Courtroom Green Room Charles … Inishowen Peninsula of Donegal Gaeltacht. 1   He passed away in July 1797 at his home in Tavistock Row, Covent Garden, London. Charles John Smith, after William Henry Bartlett, ‘Residence of Charles Macklin, Tavistock Row, Covent Garden’, …