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Literary Academies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… the term strictly denoted a circle of philosophers or an assembly of erudite gentlemen, later expanding to encompass meeting spaces and public institutions such as universities. Academies were initiated through social relationships and … endorsed by local authorities. They generally took root in the private homes of scholars or the nobility, who hosted the meetings around a good meal and to a select list of guests. In this regard, they were akin to the literary salons of … desire for culture.’ 5 The proliferation of academies in every Italian city 6 since the sixteenth century—from private meetings held in residences to lasting institutions like the Crusca—may explain the relatively limited importance of …
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William and Emma Hamilton [ Aristocracy / Travel ]
Dance | Diplomacy | Entertainement | Grand Tour | Italy | Travel
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Percy Shelley (the sociable nightingale) [ Art and Literature ]
… circle, two other figures are also distinctly associated to Shelley – Lord Byron and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Their meeting in Switzerland in 1816 at Villa Diodati – a collaborative sociable event that also included Polidori – famously …
Friendship | Italy | Poetry | Romanticism
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Grand Tour [ Mobility / Education ]
… Travelling on honeymoon with her Italian husband, Gabriele Piozzi, from 1784 to 1787, Hester Lynch Piozzi described meeting and conversing with a variety of salonniers in Florence, Rome and Venice. 10 Lady Fremantle (nee Wynne) was r …
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