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… Places > Institutions Places > Clubs & Societies Keywords Civility Cosmopolitanism Fellowship France Gentleman Science On 28 November 1660, the first Royal Society meeting took place at Gresham College following an astronomy lecture … mathematical, and mechanical’ and that their work, through ‘the authority of experiment’, sought to advance both the ‘science of natural things’ as well as ‘useful arts.’ 1   The Royal Society was a voluntary organization described by John …   Despite its royal charter, financial assistance from the crown was minimal, especially in contrast to the Académie des Sciences in Paris where a smaller group of men applied themselves to the sciences and arts on state salaries. Historians …

… by Gustave Doré (London: Doré Gallery, 1876). BnF Gallica.  Abstract Coleridge was writing at a time when the science of man was taken up by a variety of emerging disciplines such as anthropology, chemistry, ethics, psychology, sociology … Coleridge kept pace with the progress of these sciences, and these fuelled his thinking about natural affections and natural sociability. However, he also increasingly … . People > Art and Literature Keywords Affection Benevolence Conversation Family Friendship Imagination Patriotism Science Sympathy Coleridge’s childhood: parental love and education The youngest in a family of ten, Coleridge was born …

… > Social interaction Concepts > Language & Speech Keywords Children Controversy Gentleman Masculinity Politeness Science Women ‘Conversation’, as developed in seventeenth-century France, was considered the consummate expression of the … the construction of dialogic texts designed to instruct children of both sexes about a variety of subjects, especially science. Referred to as the Familiar Format, these texts, written mainly by women, were often modelled on the quotidian … [1690] (Paris: Jean et Michel Guimard, 1701). … Children … Controversy … Gentleman … Masculinity … Politeness … Science … Women … Conversation …

… au XVIII e siècle. Impliquant des collectionneurs, des amateurs d’art, des marchands, des amateurs et des hommes de science, la notion de collection s’est progressivement développée autour des cabinets de curiosité, des demeures … > Furniture & Interior decoration Objects > Art & Luxury Keywords Aesthetics Art Collecting Curiosity Italy Museums Science Au XVIII e siècle, les collections sont non seulement des objets de délectation esthétique, des possessions … au XVIII e siècle. Impliquant des collectionneurs, des amateurs d’art, des marchands, des amateurs et des hommes de science, la notion de collection s’est progressivement développée autour des cabinets de curiosité, des demeures …