Francis Dashwood [ Association / Associational culture ]
… known for inciting the lurid imagination of Grub Street through the creation of the Brotherhood of St. Francis, a secret society which has since come to be known as the Hell-fire Club. Thus, on the one hand, Dashwood’s life highlights the … hand, his involvement with the Hell-fire Club provides a remarkable if distorted mirror image of the eighteenth-century society’s focus on manners and conviviality. People > Association Practices > Associational culture Keywords Blasphemy … (Kemp 15). Yet lurid stories overshadow much of his altruistic work. As the founder of the Brotherhood of St. Francis, a society which has since come to be known as the Hell-fire Club , Dashwood rose to infamy, providing tinder for the …
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