Hell-fire Clubs [ Clubs & Societies / Association ]
… Hell-fire Clubs, the members of which were invariably accused by society of promoting heavy drinking, sexual license, blasphemy, and Satanism, even if reality differed considerably from club to club. The most prominent of these societies … to the contemporary focus on manners and social behavior. Places > Clubs & Societies People > Association Mots-clés Blasphemy Clubs Masculinity sexe Few social phenomena have managed to capture the eighteenth-century imagination like the … these gatherings of the well-to-do and aristocratic class were said to indulge in wild drinking, unrestrained sexuality, blasphemy, and even Satanism, providing a stark contrast to the contemporary focus on manners and social behavior. …
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