Spa sociability in Bath and Pyrmont [ Health / Nature ]
… The aristocracy tended to keep its own company, admitting at times members of the highly educated bourgeoisie to their circles, but the noble-common hierarchy largely remained. The strict social rules that applied at court might be relaxed, … an equalisation of status (Wood, ‘The Spa as Sociable Space’, 305). Nevertheless, through sociability in semi-open circles of friends and acquaintances, the perception of an open sociability was reinforced. These circles, however, were restricted to ‘respectable’ members of the educated elite, frequently educated burghers amongst …
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