Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… hub. Indeed, following the Union of 1707 and the end of the Scottish Parliament, the city gained the international status of a learned and polite society. The clubs and societies of Edinburgh, the former capital, would play the role of … Henry Grey Graham, The Social Life of Scotland in the Eighteenth Century (London: Black Ltd, 1937), p. 115. Men gained a status in Edinburgh social circles depending on the group they were members of. They could belong to several clubs and …
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