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Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… 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 change social … of civic virtue. 18 They were convinced that Palladianism, with the simplicity of its lines, could contribute to the refinement of social behaviour and attempted to create ‘well-regulated’ places not simply as part of the health … This appears in Queen Square with its deceptive appearance of a single unit. Such an undertaking chimes in with the refinement of manners at work in the spa, since, as explained by Lawrence Klein, politeness had a ‘moral potential’ and …
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Scottish Enlightenment [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… federal union like Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, and an acceptance of Anglo-Scottish Union as an engine of commerce and ‘ refinement. ’ And yet another was the formation of a multitude of patriotic societies devoted to Scotland’s improvement, … the Select Society. Many of these were dedicated to the causes of Scottish economic and agricultural prosperity, to the refinement of manners and the culture of the mind, and to the understanding of the distinctive problems facing Scotland … the forms of ‘ deference and civility ’ that were essential to the sociable ‘ arts of conversation, ’ but such refinements and politeness were less the result of natural sociability than of a long and arduous process of …
Britishness | Commerce | Cosmopolitanism | Enlightenment | Gender | Moral philosophy | Manners | Politeness | Public sphere
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Grand Tour [ Mobility / Education ]
… who gravitated to the area, Grand Tourists would receive tuition in skills that were deemed important to the art of refinement. This included riding, fencing and dancing, which honed graceful and confident posture, gesture and …
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