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Electoral sociability [ Politics & Society ]

… in print; but they could also generate unsociability in the form of drunkenness, hostility, bitter partisanship and even violence that many commentators saw as impolite and damaging to the political and social culture. Practices > Politics & Society Keywords elections Politeness impoliteness drunkenness Violence Print culture feasting partisanship Parliamentary elections were the sites of both polite sociability and … smoke into the face of another, around which revolves a scene of carnivalesque feasting and drinking, with a hint of violence as a brick is thrown at the head of the candidates’ electoral agent. Indeed, violence was not uncommon at …

Sovereignty (in Hobbes's philosophy) [ Political philosophy / Philosophy ]

… virtue of obedience. Concepts > Political philosophy People > Philosophy Keywords Civility Friendship Hobbes Sovereignty Violence War The refutation of natural sociability The majority of political treaties, from the age of Cicero and … ranked morality and politeness behind the virtue of obedience. … Civility … Friendship … Hobbes … Sovereignty … Violence … War … Sovereignty (in Hobbes's philosophy) …

Helen Maria Williams [ Art and Literature / Travel ]

… sociability was central to Letters as a whole, the epistolary form had evolved significantly over the course of the violence and the trials of the Revolution. From volumes 3 and 4 of the first series onwards, which Williams wrote after … was to uphold (as can be seen in Souvenirs ), the volumes of the second series grew increasingly dark as the spiral of violence escalated. Hauntingly, they emphasised the ‘sinister duality of the festival ' 20 : with the processions leading … France Since the Restoration in 1815 (London: Baldwin, 1819). 25 . This question was central in her condemnation of the violence against the Protestants in the Midi after the defeat at Waterloo during the White Terror of 1815 (On the Late …

Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]

… judgements and opinions with money dramatized status and provided a means of settling disputes and arguments without violence. Most of the time, when two gentlemen disagreed on an issue, they automatically resorted to a bet, but when the …