Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… the Scottish Enlightenment and the evolution of Scotland’s relation with England during the first century of the British Union. Places > Clubs & Societies Practices > Associational culture Mots-clés Britishness Enlightenment Highlands … and European social, intellectual and political networks In the context of the Auld Alliance and of the institutional Union of 1707, the influence of France was decisive in the fast and successful dissemination of Enlightenment ideas and manners through these clubs and societies, which enabled Edinburgh to find a mode of existence within the Union by remaining an important intellectual and scientific hub. Indeed, following the Union of 1707 and the end of the …
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