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Robinson’s and Friday’s Island [ Nature ]

Duelling [ Politics & Society ]

… is also briefly sketched here. Practices > Politics & Society Mots-clés masculinity disorder antagonism honour Religion law aristocracy Gentleman honour Spectator Duelling was not simply an English affair, but also a social practice indulged … and ultimately, with loss of privileges, from society in general.’ The British Code of Duel: A Reference to the Laws of Honour and the Character of a Gentleman (London: Knight and Lacey, 1824), p. 9. 3 . See also The Spectator, n° 99 … also with war, religion, and politics.   The Persistence of Duelling Whether these debates, together with a measure of law enforcement, had an effect on duels is hard to ascertain, but, according to Kiernan, ‘the number of recorded duels …

Political clubs during the French Revolution [ Politics & Society / Clubs & Societies ]

… Practices > Politics & Society Places > Clubs & Societies Mots-clés Politics French Revolution Gender Democracy Violence law Sovereignty State Jacobin Club Faction Political clubs proliferated in France during the French Revolution and became … crime, but the   charge was so inflated that the courts rarely convicted for it). Nor did the National Assembly pass laws against intentional disinformation, such as the false rumour spread by royalists that the Jacobins were planning to … within the clubs, that the state finally stepped in with legislation to address the issue in 1793. The stridency of its laws against ‘calumny’ reflected the frustrations and grievances that had built up since 1789. The Law of Suspects of …

Sovereignty (in Hobbes's philosophy) [ Political & Moral philosophy / Philosophy ]

… than that Men should agree to make certaine Covenants and Conditions together, which themselves should then call Lawes. Which Axiom, though received by most, is yet certainly False, and an Errour proceeding from our too slight … Nature.‘ ( De Cive , I, 2, 90) The English translation of Aristotle’s Politics was published in 1598. In The Elements of Law Natural and Politic , Hobbes would confront its dominant presupposition, that ‘man is by nature a social and … it is not a question of transforming human nature, but of channelling man’s passions. All virtues and natural laws are derived from the principle of self-preservation, not from goodwill or noble motives. 2 Indeed, natural law …

Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]

… English (he had a library of more than three thousand books) and struggled to lose his Irish brogue 2  to speak with a flawless English accent on London stages (Lincoln’s Inn Field, Drury Lane, Haymarket or Covent Garden Theatres). He was also involved throughout his life in recurring disputes and lawsuits using his gift of the gab and his extensive legal knowledge to win his trials, henceforth highlighting the … for manslaughter. The jury sentenced Macklin to be branded on the hand and discharged him. He would henceforth study law and develop a taste for litigation. The printed auction catalogue of Macklin’s library sold in 1797 has around …

Beau Nash [ Fashion ]

… who, after a few years at Jesus College, Oxford, and an unsuccessful attempt at pursuing a military career, read law at the Middle Temple, London. 1 From the start, he behaved as an ‘easy companion’ who struck innumerable friendships … he attempted to sue them for refusing to grant him his part of the E&0 (a game that had been invented to circumvent the law) business. 2 . William Oliver, A Faint Sketch of the Life, Character, and Manners, of the Late Mr Nash (Bath, 1761), … his new capacity as Master of Ceremonies, he set out to define the principles of spa sociability, through the 11 ‘Bath laws’ that were posted in various key locations (most particularly in the Pump Room in 1707), establishing an unheard-of …