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… dances and meetings, even jurisdiction; they held auctions, were involved in sporting events, and were central to local election campaigns. They were part of the emerging Habermasian public sphere and essential to communication in urban and …

… 1660-1699), 16% clerics and scholars, 16% physicians, 15% courtier and civil servants, and 15% gentlemen (Sorrenson 36). Election to the fellowship was a prestigious appointment and, as secretary, Henry Oldenburg frequently sent out printed …

… to the social dimension of the Republic of Letters ( Goodman 101) . Women also played important roles in networking for elections to the academy. 14  And, women wrote extensive correspondence within this transnational network of Europe’s …

… Brinsley Sheridan, (Pewter medal. Production time: 1781-90). It was issued as political propaganda for one of his election campaigns in Stafford in the late 18th century. Image Legend ‘Medal of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’, 1781-90, © … and Societies in Eighteenth Century Ireland (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2010). Winston, James, Drury Lane Journal: Selections from James Winston’s Diaries , 1819-1827 , ed. Alfred L. Nelson and Gilbert B. Cross (London: Society for … and Societies in Eighteenth Century Ireland (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2010). Winston, James, Drury Lane Journal: Selections from James Winston’s Diaries , 1819-1827 , ed. Alfred L. Nelson and Gilbert B. Cross (London: Society for …

… past-times. As ‘thieves and women of the town are to be found in churches’, and as gentlemen ‘lay wagers on the election of any particular parson’, there is nothing particularly immoral in betting on boxing matches and in giving a …

… the attempt of their parish incumbent, Joseph Hodgkinson, to present to their curacy in 1822, instead holding their own election in which a mere 16 of 305 householders supported the vicar’s preferred candidate. 23 22 . William Hartwell, A …