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Spa sociability in Bath and Pyrmont [ Health / Nature ]

… spa sociability in four major aspects of ‘openness’ i.e., the interplay of sociability and health, the paradox of regulation and freedom, the transformation of the self in a specific environment and the role of celebrity in the … of new communities. Places > Health Places > Nature Keywords Health Open society Master of Ceremonies Spa doctor regulation Identity celebrity Spa Spa sociability is very often considered as a paradigm of an ‘open society.’ Openness … in Henrich Matthias Marcard, Beschreibung von Pyrmont, vol. 1 (Leipzig: Weidmann, 1784), p. 362-63.   The paradox of regulation and freedom: leisure and the Master of Ceremonies As shown in the entries on Bath and Beau Nash, the visit to …

Street sociability [ Cities ]

… practice of everyday life, the evolution of literary representations of street life, and the development of new forms of regulation, this article explores the street as a uniquely complex site of social exchange and sociability. Places > … 1998). It was not merely that the urban streetscape was a location of imaginative journeying. In law, governance and regulation, and in non-fiction accounts, streets in particular took on an ever more central place. Rebuilt  in pursuit of … practice of everyday life, the evolution of literary representations of street life, and the development of new forms of regulation, this article explores the street as a uniquely complex site of social exchange and sociability. … streets … …

Political clubs during the French Revolution [ Politics & Society / Clubs & Societies ]

… historiques de la Révolution française (vol. 354, 2008), p. 29-50. The Jacobin Club of Paris was less beholden to these regulations since it was founded by deputies in the National Assembly. It was formed in the aftermath of the Women’s … had to do with the vacuum of state power. The polarising effects of this vacuum are discernible in two domains: the regulation of speech and the regulation of subsistence. The National Assembly proudly declared the freedom of expression in the Declaration of the …

Masonic brotherhood [ Rituals & Ceremonies / Associational culture ]

… at a perpetual Distance. 1 1 . [James Anderson], The Constitutions of the Free-Masons: Containing the History, Charges, Regulations, &c. of That Most Ancient and Right Worshipful Fraternity. For the Use of the Lodges, printed by William …

Methodism [ Spirituality / Associational culture / Religious Belief ]

… creation of Methodist societies was fundamental to Wesley's projects and ideas, and he carefully elaborated rules and regulations so as to bett er organise the social and religious life of his followers. 4 The regular meetings were meant …

Bethlem Hospital [ Health ]

… First Report. Minutes Of Evidence Taken before The Select Committee appointed to consider of Provision for the better Regulation of Madhouses, in England (London: House of Commons, 1815), p. 11-12, 102-104. 3 . Urbane Metcalf, The Interior …