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Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]

… Résumé This entry examines the social structures, manners and sociability of the Scottish clans during the long eighteenth century. It discusses the debates on their place in the Scottish and British societies in the context of the Union of 1707 and of the Jacobite rebellion. Concepts > Social interaction People > Association Mots-clés Clans Highlands Union Tartan Scottish society Identity Scottish Enlightenment Clubs and Societies Scotland Tradition In the eighteenth century, Scottish society was still mainly …

Scottish Enlightenment [ Political & Moral philosophy ]

… Résumé The Scottish Enlightenment is an epoch-making intellectual current within the European history of sociability. First, this is an … rendered possible by refined urban settings in middle-scale cities, distinct from both London and Paris. Secondly, the Scottish Enlightenment unprecedentedly contributed to theorising sociability not only through systematic analysis of …

David Hume [ Philosophy ]

… Résumé David Hume was a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment and an active participant in European networks. He believed in the power of sociability, in the fundamental … finally at philosophy as the practice of sociability. People > Philosophy Mots-clés Philosophy Clubs Societies Salons Scottish Enlightenment Edinburgh London Paris Republic of Letters essay David Hume’s original position in …

Dositej Obradović [ Travel ]

… his work on publishing and on educating the younger generation of Serbs. People > Travel Mots-clés Dositej Obradović Scottish Enlightenment dissenting Unitarians Serbia Serbia’s foremost enlightener, Dositej Obradović (1739/41-1811) spent his … science. ( Adventures of Dimitrije Obradović 296-297) Prime Minister Lord Bute (1713-1792) had given much support to the Scottish community in London, that very community to which Mr. Livie and Mr. Fordyce belonged. Mr. Fordyce (1724-1792), …

Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]

… the clubs and societies of Edinburgh during the long eighteenth century. These indeed reflected the expectations of the Scottish society. This entry presents the interaction of these clubs and societies with the upper-class society as well … the intellectual and working circles of Edinburgh. In particular, it assesses their influence and impact on both the Scottish Enlightenment and the evolution of Scotland’s relation with England during the first century of the British Union. Places …

James, Duke of York and Albany (and court culture in Edinburgh) [ Aristocracy / Cities ]

… his court in Edinburgh (1679-1682) changed some of its forms of sociability. Indeed, it refashioned a royal court in the Scottish capital at a time when the merchant class had come to be the elite. People > Aristocracy Places > Cities … for two stays between 1679 and 1682, which radically changed the structure and the manners of society there. The Scottish capital had not hosted any royal court since the visit of Charles I in 1633 for his coronation. Since then, the … society and sociability in Edinburgh, based on new rules and new models that were to reveal themselves during the Enlightenment. Partager Partager sur Facebook Partager sur Linkedin Partager sur Twitter Partager par Email Imprimer …