Salons [ Associational culture ]
… sites for literary and philosophical discussion, and notably, for men of letters to network and secure protections and patronage. Practices > Associational culture Keywords Enlightenment France Gaming Networks Patronage The salon is one of the most recognizable practices of sociability of the French Enlightenment, even if the … the state-sponsored institutions of letters’. 11 Salons were key sites for men of letters to secure protections and patronage from influential aristocrats, vie for official positions, and even campaign for election to the academies . At …
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