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Conviviality [ Eating & Drinking / Rituals & Ceremonies / Character / Social interaction ]

… In the writings of these women conviviality is typically seen as an irresponsible indulgence that can lead to drunkenness and gambling, often at the expense of women and children. Many of these tropes would be taken up and expanded …

Portable directories [ Print culture ]

… the rise of a public debate about the elites and their moral shortcomings. Adultery, prostitution, excessive gambling, drunkenness: there is a considerable amount of prints dedicated to the dark side of aristocratic sociability. 13 A few …