Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… of private parties, ‘the bane of Bath.’ 31 Elite women organized social gatherings in their homes, or poetic assemblies: this is what Lady Miller did in her Batheaston Villa, near Bath between 1774 and 1781, an undertaking that … instance were extremely codified and the minuet reserved for the Quality while country dances were for the rest of the assemblies – was very deceptive. The mixing of classes in the baths or in the Pump Room was a one off, not to be …
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