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Voltaire (and his social networks) [ Association ]

… friend would remain sacred throughout his life. People > Association Keywords Friendship Worldliness celebrity networks Patronage theater Voltaire styled himself the ‘hermit of the Alps’ 1  in much of the correspondence he produced from his … with those he called friend would remain sacred throughout his life. … Friendship … Worldliness … celebrity … networks … Patronage … theater … Voltaire (and his social networks) …

Politics [ Politics & Society / Feelings & Emotions ]

… waters for creating consensus, discussing the issues of the day, making useful political contacts, or even requesting patronage, pensions or preferments for themselves or their clients. Moreover, it is important to remember that much of this networking, solicitation, manoeuvring, and negotiation — be it about policy or patronage, factional alliances, or elections — took place in mixed-sex social arenas that included women, or were hosted … Historical Journal (vol. 43, n° 3, 2000), pp. 669–97. Although women were prevented by custom from voting, holding most patronage appointments or taking seats in the Lords (even if they were peeresses in their own rights), politics ran …

Horseracing [ Games & Sports ]

… Borsay’s 1989 initial study was not pursued. Non-academic historiographic focus was largely on royal and aristocratic patronage and Newmarket racing. Recent revisionist studies have stressed wider social participation and much more … plates’ which encouraged cavalry horse breeding; borough corporations; local MPs or prospective MPs seeking political patronage, favour and support; ‘county’ aristocratic and gentry landowners; and individuals seeking status or enjoying …

Boxing [ Games & Sports ]

… Marquess of Queensberry Rules. Theses rules, written in 1865 by John Graham Chambers, and published in 1867 under the patronage of the 9 th Marquess of Queensberry, are still the foundation of the contemporary sport of boxing as they … new manual guides teaching the science conferred to boxing a new legitimacy. Furthermore, Mendoza received royal patronage from the Prince of Wales. It was then fashionable for young Whig aristocrats to mingle with prize-fighters from …

Gifts and Gift-giving [ Politics & Society / Furniture & Interior decoration / Social interaction ]

… in the prized, and often intertwined, virtues of liberality, hospitality, charity, friendship, generosity, honour and patronage. The exchange of gifts helped to foster and deepen social relationships, from friends and kin to patrons and …

Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]

… had been born the son of a London tailor in 1633 and became Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board in 1660, thanks to the patronage of his first cousin once removed, the Earl of Sandwich. On this he observed to a friend that ‘chance without …