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Politics [ Politics & Society / Feelings & Emotions ]

… face-to-face and personal, operating through social networks, personal connexions and extended family interests. Much political networking, solicitation, manoeuvring, and negotiation took place in mixed-sex social arenas that included women, or were hosted by women. The importance of sociability and its place in political culture becomes very apparent when considering what could happen when issues or election campaigns became so … that sociability broke down. Practices > Politics & Society Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Mots-clés Women political hostess dinner Public Days race meet election canvassing chairing Sociability was intrinsic to British politics in the …

Elizabeth (Robinson) Montagu [ Art and Literature ]

… Résumé Called the ‘Queen of the Bluestockings’ in her own time, Elizabeth Montagu was perhaps the best-known salon hostess during the second half of the eighteenth century. She was a towering figure in circles promoting literary … but also in the country, for gatherings which did not involve the usual card games but were based on literary (not political) conversation. Bluestocking sociability was based on the advance of politeness as extolled for instance by … Love of Fame' ( 1734 ). Elizabeth Montagu, Letter to  The Chronicle  (December  1762 ). David Hume,  Essays, Moral, and Political, and Literary , 'On Refinement in the Arts' (1741,  1777 ). Hannah More,  The Bas Bleu  ( 1786 ). … Called the …

Salons [ Associational culture ]

… and secure protections and patronage. Practices > Associational culture Mots-clés Salon Enlightenment Philosophes Salon hostess France networks Patronage The salon is one of the most recognizable practices of sociability of the French … – are gathered in an ornate drawing room to debate the newest literary works and philosophical ideas, and to discuss the political issues of the day. While many of the attendees depicted did in fact attend Geoffrin’s salon at one time or … of the French Enlightenment, was the most famous salon hosted by a man. 14  Madame Necker’s salon immediately conjures political associations because of her husband, Jacques Necker, and one can only assume that her daughter Madame de Staël …

Frances Glanville Boscawen [ Aristocracy / Art and Literature ]

… Résumé As a bluestocking hostess, Frances Boscawen (1719-1805) is often mentioned in connection with Elizabeth Montagu or Elizabeth Vesey, but so … scholarly attention has been paid to Boscawen’s sociable activities. As the wife of an admiral, Boscawen began as a political hostess, doing the honours at her marital home, 14 South Audley Street. H er parties are thus likely to have entertained a different crowd: elite fashionability and political clout were more important than literature or the arts. After having been widowed, however, Frances Boscawen …

Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]

… Résumé Often considered a contradictory character herself, Hester Thrale Piozzi, now best remembered as a Bluestocking hostess and biographer of Samuel Johnson, embodies some of the contradictions of eighteenth-century sociable lives: a … and even poverty. A central part of fashionable society, she also experienced loss and loneliness. A glittering hostess, she was ostracized by society on account of her second marriage. A writer who introduced the anecdotal … in both, but an introduction to a genteel use of language, also including less than subtle hints concerning the author’s political leanings. A proud Welshwoman, Hester nonetheless adopted the stance of an English patriot, and the 1790s and …

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]

… of Spencer. During her childhood the Spencers travelled widely and when at home they entertained celebrated literary and political figures. As a result of this early exposure she developed an outward sophistication and a manner that was … they and she were aware that she was unprepared for the duties inherent in being a duchess at the head of a powerful political family. Several observers thought the lively and intelligent Cavendish and the uncommunicative and emotionally … of Devonshire for two decades and society looked forward to the great Whig dynasty of Cavendish once more having a hostess to revive the splendour of Devonshire House. Cavendish’s charm and charisma made her compelling as noted by …