Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… Clubs and Societies, 1580-1800: the Origins of an Associational World (Oxford: Clarendon P, 2000), p. 228. To the aristocracy, gambling was, by tradition, an activity revolving around the royal court, authorised and regulated by the … vol. 1, p. 7. Distinction and good manners were prescribed by norms of politeness, and by a system of values dear to the aristocracy, the code of honour. 16 To pay one’s gambling debts, for example, was a proof of honour and integrity. 'Debts …
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