Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… n° 150, Oct. 1971), p. 183. These clubs and societies were mainly composed of men from higher social and intellectual ranks such as noblemen, lairds, judges, ministers, advocates, professors, scientists, philosophers, religious men, … The Easy Club (1712), the Society for Endeavouring Reformation of Manners (1699), the Pretenders Club (1715) and the Rankenian Club (1717) for example, were considered as Jacobite clubs, whereas the Revolution Club of Edinburgh (1735) …
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