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Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… classes were brought together by shared illnesses, so a shared condition of frailty, and the cult of novelty. The eleven rules of behaviour invented by Beau Nash and stuck in The Pump Room in 1707 aimed at getting rid of an aristocratic code … They replaced it with a new code of conduct including the ‘visit of ceremony,’ which was the very first of the eleven rules: 'T HAT a Visit of Ceremony at coming BATH, and another at going away, is all that is expected, or desired by … in Global Perspective: Spa Histories (London: Routledge, 2014). In the DIGIT.EN.S Anthology The New Bath Guide (1766) Rules of Bath (1771) … The ancient city of Bath renowned for its waters ever since the Roman era played a decisive role …
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Snuffbox [ Art & Luxury / Clothing & Fashion / Social interaction / Taste & Manners / Rituals & Ceremonies ]
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Pleasure gardens [ Sports & Leisure ]
… the social makeup of the visitors. This provided opportunities for heterogenous contact between people and affected the rules for social exchange in such spaces, as well as stimulated the imagination of writers who would happily use gardens …
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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]
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