Grand Tour [ Mobility / Education ]
… degli Uffizi', Windsor Royal Collection, RCIN 406983, 1772-1778. Résumé The Grand Tour was a form of educational travel undertaken by young aristocratic and gentry men. Travel and separation from the home had long been an important means of forming young boys but a nascent Grand Tour … could see, and went on to become prime minister in 1770. Less savoury impressions and predications were also accurate. Writing to his sister from Rome in 1756, George Simon Harcourt was surprised to hear ‘[Henry Herbert, 10 th earl of] …
Academies | Cosmopolitanism | Court | Diplomacy | Education | Elite | Europe | Italy | Tourism | Politeness | Travel
Encyclopedia