Salons [ Associational culture ]
… of both men of letters and aristocrats could converge. In Elena Russo’s words, ‘ Salonnières played the role of cultural mediators and brokers between artists and writers, on the one hand, and the public of wealthy amateurs and government … more radical ideas of the French Enlightenment, was the most famous salon hosted by a man. 14 Madame Necker’s salon immediately conjures political associations because of her husband, Jacques Necker, and one can only assume that her …
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