Kit-Cat Club [ Association / Associational culture / Politics & Society ]
… one Whig faction, yet with foundations in the literary world, it became a hub of patronage along lines of intellectual friendship rather than kinship, an informal venue of political opposition, and a prototype for Dr Johnson’s Club, among many others. People > Association Practices > Associational culture Practices > Politics & Society Mots-clés Friendship Merchants Patronage Whigs The Kit-Cat Club (c.1690s-c.1720) was one of the earliest and most influential … one Whig faction, yet with foundations in the literary world, it became a hub of patronage along lines of intellectual friendship rather than kinship, an informal venue of political opposition, and a prototype for Dr Johnson’s Club, among …
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