Debating societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… the plebs’ rowdiness and their political pretensions manifested themselves. 13 . Among many attacks, see for instance ‘Memoirs of the Porter-Parliament, or Debates of the Robin Hood Society’ in London Chronicle, 8 August 1769. Another area …
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