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Hannah More (and philanthropic sociability) [ Religion & Philanthropy / Politics & Society / Religious Belief ]

… dimension, thus outlining a new role for women as prime agents of social and moral reformation. People > Religion & Philanthropy Practices > Politics & Society Practices > Religious Belief Keywords Bluestocking Education Evangelicalism Friendship Manners Philanthropy Poverty Reformation Religion Slavery Women Wilberforce Hannah More (1745-1833), who was one of the first … of sociability, albeit literary sociability, and the seriousness of her mission, i.e. the reformation of society through philanthropy. 1 . See ODNB, S.J. Skedd (https://doi.org/10.1093/ref: odnb/19179 [accessed 18 February 2020]). Also E. …

William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]

… > Politics Keywords Abolition Slavery Evangelicalism Re-moralization Christianity Clapham Friendship Pitt Hannah More Philanthropy Activism Charity Benevolence William Wilberforce has gone down in history as the powerful voice of abolition … … Abolition … Slavery … Evangelicalism … Re-moralization … Christianity … Clapham … Friendship … Pitt … Hannah More … Philanthropy … Activism … Charity … Benevolence … William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) …

William Gilpin and picturesque unsociability [ Art and Literature ]

… a sociable life after death. People > Art and Literature Keywords Picturesque Education Religion Unsociability Nature Philanthropy William Gilpin (1724-1804) was a clergyman, ordained deacon in 1746, first appointed to the curacy of … sociable life and imagined a sociable life after death. … Picturesque … Education … Religion … Unsociability … Nature … Philanthropy … William Gilpin and picturesque unsociability …

Huguenots in Northern Europe [ Commerce / Religion & Philanthropy ]

… caractérisée par des relations familiales et économiques transnationales. People > Commerce People > Religion & Philanthropy Keywords Huguenots Northern Europe commerce calvinism integration L’image traditionnelle du Huguenot est …

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

… estimates that between 1660 and 1740, charitable trusts had doubled and possibly even grown three-fold. 4   Some of this philanthropy was more individual. The mid-eighteenth-century diarist and shopkeeper, Thomas Turner, gave small amounts of …

Reciprocity in France [ Political and Moral philosophy ]

… us; they may also become fair through our example and even benevolent towards us, in consideration of our universal philanthropy .’ (Rétif de la Bretonne 31). Thus, ‘benevolence’ and balance came together in the concept ‘reciprocity’. …