Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… of the eighteenth century. At a time when the British nation was being forged, manners were crucial in the rivalry with France, as they were redefined in an attempt to create a distinct model of sociability. In watering-places … relative stability, which favoured the creation of a new image for the British nation. 1 In a context of rivalry with France, the refinement of manners meant a degree of emancipation from the French model of politeness. 2 The desire to … Spas: The Impressions of a Few English Ladies,’ in Annick Cossic and Patrick Galliou (eds.), Spas in Britain and in France in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006), p. 280. 11 . See Sophie …
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