Saint James's [ Cities ]
… spatial as well as social dimensions and to understand what role it played in the emergence and fashioning of London sociability, it is essential to consider St James’s as intrinsically associated with its main architectural elements: St … titled to Lo ndon between November and June, and created the ‘London season ‘ , a concept at the heart of London urban sociability. The renaissance of Court life in St James’s ‘shifted London’s population northwards and westwards, and smart … and court culture’ but solidified it (Greig 104, 107, 129). The Court developed into a site for both formal and informal sociability, St James’s Palace being the site for drawing rooms and balls. George I hosted twice-weekly meetings at St …
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